Legal Scholarship Network (LSN)

The Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is directed by Bernard Black, A. Mitchell Polinsky and Ronald J. Gilson. Black is Professor of Law at the University of Texas at Austin Law School, Professor of Finance at McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, and Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Polinsky is Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics at the Stanford Law School. Gilson is Meyers Professor of Law and Business at the Stanford Law School, and Marc & Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business at the Columbia Law School.

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Research Paper Series: Distribute your school's working papers. Legal Scholarship Network Research Paper Series offers your institution a way to distribute the research of your faculty and staff. Creating a Research Paper Series (RPS) for your institution will give you the most exposure for your faculty's work and is an excellent way to create awareness and disseminate your research. Please contact Cathy_Blocher@ssrn.com for more information.

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