Practitioners in Residence Program and Speaker Series

The Practitioners in Residence Program brings attorneys and industry professionals to the school of law to participate in classes.

  • George Beischer, Beischer, Boles & Beischer and Tony Gaeta, Gaeta & Eveson PA - "Starting a Bank"
  • Jim Hedrick & David Batty, Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman - "Syndicated Lending"
  • David Batty and Rick Brown, Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman - "Secured Transaction Opinions"

The Center for Banking and Finance Speaker Series

The UNC School of Law conducts a faculty workshop series throughout the academic year. This series presents the work of prominent scholars from our own and other schools. Each year, the Center for Banking and Finance sponsors some of the workshop speakers whose interests relate to banking and finance topics. This year, in addition to our sponsorship of workshop speakers that are also part of the Duke-UNC Law & Finance Workshops, we are also sponsoring the workshop of Sean Hagan, General Counsel, International Monetary Fund
on Friday, October 13.

Duke-UNC Law and Finance Workshops

Duke Law School and the University of North Carolina School of Law are jointly sponsoring a workshop series in 2006-07 dedicated to law and finance topics. In the fall of 2006, Duke Law School will host the workshops and UNC School of Law will be spring 2007 host. The Center for Banking and Finance at the UNC School of Law is sponsoring the spring workshops.

School of Law faculty and students are invited to attend all workshops. The tentative schedule is set forth below.For additional information, please contact Professor Lissa Broome (lbroome@email.unc.edu or (919) 962-7066).

Fall 2006, Duke Law School

All workshops are at 12:15 p.m. and include lunch, unless noted otherwise. Please contact Sheilah Villalobos at (919) 613-7263 or villalobos@law.duke.edu to reserve your lunch and parking permit.

  • Christine Hurt , University of Illinois College of Law
    The Undercivilization of Corporate Law.
    Friday, August 25, 3:00 p.m.
  • Donald Langevoort , Georgetown University Law Center
    The Social Construction of Sarbanes-Oxley.
    Friday, September 1*
  • Omri Ben-Shahar , The University of Michigan Law School
    Friday, September 22*
  • Todd Zywicki , George Mason University School of Law
    Friday, September 29
  • Larry Ribstein , University of Illinois College of Law
    Friday, November 3
  • Paul Mahoney , University of Virginia School of Law
    (date to be determined)

* Part of Duke's Faculty Workshop Series -- UNC faculty and students invited to attend

Spring 2007, UNC School of Law

All workshops will be held at 12:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge and include lunch. Please contact Alice Girod at (919) 962-0357 or agirod@email.unc.edu to reserve your lunch and receive parking instructions.

  • David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School (tentative)
    Friday, January 19
  • Cindy Williams, University of Illinois College of Law
    Friday, March 2
  • Frank Dobbin, Harvard University (Sociology Department)
    Friday, March 23
  • Donna Nagy, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
    Friday, April 13