April 14, 2005
“Curbing Corporate Misconduct” was chosen as the theme for
research papers and articles at the first annual Scholarly
Endeavors Presentation held at St. John’s University School of Law
on Wednesday, April 6.
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information.
Five students and one faculty member each presented an original
paper that discussed a currently thought-provoking aspect or
instance of corporate malfeasance and how to prevent such activity
in the future. Professor Philip Weinberg, who teaches courses
in Constitutional Law and Environmental Law at the Law School,
moderated the program, which also included questions and answers
following each presentation.
Participating students were recommended by faculty members who
based their choices on the quality of term papers submitted as
regular course work. Professor Vincent Di Lorenzo -- who teaches
Property Law, Banking Law, Cooperatives and Condominiums, and
Legislative Advocacy -- agreed to present an article that he is
preparing for publication in a law review.
Eric Willenbacher discussed “Predatory Mortgage Lending” and was
followed by Darlene Cho, who described “Deceptive Rebate Offers to
Consumers.” Stephen Livingston presented his paper on “Electric
Rate Deregulation.” Professor Di Lorenzo discussed “Market Based
Sanctions to Encourage Legal Compliance,” followed by Dave Rao on
“Why Corporate Law Firms Aren’t More Diverse” and Douglas Steinke
on “Government Rules to Block Telemarketers.”
Scholarly Endeavors is a new initiative of Law School Dean Mary
Daly and is the first is a series of annual presentations
highlighting research papers and articles by students and faculty.
Future topics will be selected each year by the Law School’s
Scholarly Endeavors Committee. Professor Weinberg, who expects to
continue as moderator, noted that he was pleased by the success of
the program’s debut and the interest sparked by the controversial
topics and fine presentations.