Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference 2010

Call for papers

The Corporate Law Teachers Association and the Law School UniSA invite the submission of papers for presentation at the forthcoming conference which will be held on the theme:

'Educating Corporate Lawyers: Better Counsel and Better Managers of the Corporate Legal Framework'

The global financial crisis continues to dominate world headlines and to drive rapid and wide ranging reform in corporate and securities law. Many of these reforms are designed to address the management of systemic risk and to curb executive excess. To a degree, they reflect a shortfall in previous reform intended to strengthen corporate governance.

Simultaneously, business worldwide is preparing to adjust to a carbon constrained future. Carbon pollution reduction schemes and carbon trading will collaterally bear upon corporate management, corporate finance, and corporate insolvency.

Driven by financial volatility and climate change, the current reform agenda has significant implications for the practice of corporate counsel, compliance officers, regulators and law firms, and, in turn, for legal education and research. Legal professionals are both agents involved in previous failures and empowered as agents for change. That position therefore imposes responsibility upon corporate law educators to ensure that their students have the necessary legal, social and ethical understanding required to learn from the past and respond to future challenges.

The conference conveners welcome papers on all aspects of corporate law and corporate insolvency law. However, in selecting papers for the conference program those within the specific theme of the conference will be given preference.

Abstract Receipt Date

Papers will be selected on the basis of an abstract of no more than 250 words. Abstracts should be submitted electronically (in word document), typeface Arial 12 font by email to the Conference Chair:

Professor Vicki Waye
Email: Vicki.waye@unisa.edu.au

By: Friday 28th November 2009

Participants are encouraged to submit their abstract as soon as possible to avoid potential disappointment.

Please note: The acceptance of a paper for the Conference does not imply that the costs for attending the Conference or the Conference Registration Fee will be covered by the CLTA or the conference host. The CLTA only provides the forum for discussing issues relevant to corporate and insolvency law and attempts to keep its fees to a minimum to encourage greater participation. Therefore, all participants are expected to cover their own costs.

Paper Receipt Date

Papers must be submitted electronically (in word document), typeface Arial 12 font to the Conference Chair Professor Vicki Waye (Vicki.waye@unisa.edu.au) by, or before, Friday 22nd January 2010 to be included as part of published conference proceedings. Papers received after this date will not be made available to delegates by the Conference Organisers.

Best paper prize

For those wishing to participate in the Best Paper Prize, which is sponsored by Chartered Secretaries Australia, the deadline for submission of eligible papers is Monday 11th January 2010. Further information regard with selection criteria please Click Here

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