Posted 6/17/09
CALL FOR ARTICLES
Villanova Law Review
INAUGURAL MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS SYMPOSIUM ON
SECURITIES REGULATION
SYMPOSIUM ON FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM:
GENESIS, PROGRESS AND IMPACT
October 10, 2009
Villanova University School of Law announces a symposium to
be held at Villanova on October 10, 2009 that will focus on
the current efforts to reform the financial regulatory
system emanating from Congress, Treasury, the SEC and
elsewhere. Participants will discuss the origin of the
reform movement, its progress so far, and the impact, for
good or ill, of legislative and regulatory changes. The
symposium will be the inaugural offering of the Morgan
Lewis & Bockius Symposium on Securities Law, which will be
offered annually by the School of Law.
TOPICS:
We invite proposals for papers to be presented at the
Symposium and published in the Villanova Law Review.
Of particular interest are paper proposals relating to:
- The impetus for financial regulatory form in general and
with respect to specific aspects
- Reorganization of financial regulation on a functional
basis
- The relationship of reform of securities regulation and
reform of banking regulation
- The role of principles-based regulation in regulatory
reform
- Investment adviser regulation post-Madoff
- The future of self-regulation in the securities and
financial industries
- Regulation of risk management
- The proposed SEC-CFTC mergers
- The political economy of the regulatory reforms
Proposals on other relevant topics will be considered.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Please submit proposals no later than July 1, 2009 to
either:
CONTACT: Professor Jennifer O'Hare
Email: MAILTO:ohare@law.villanova.edu
or
CONTACT: Dean Mark Sargent
Email: MAILTO:sargent@law.villanova.edu
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085