ALSB Conference
August 18th, 2003Last week I attended the annual conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
I made a presentation about my research on private securities litigation in the PRC and spoke briefly during the presentation of Josh Newberg, with whom I am writing something on Section 406 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
The ALSB is a curious group. I learned several useful things, but most of the work I heard presented this year and last was simple–mainly descriptive, not analytical. It is as if most of the presenters observe things from afar, standing outside the vital, contested center of issues. They are not the “they” who pass new laws, spin new theories, create reality.
But some ALSB people are very sharp and seem to be doing first-rate work. I aspire to be part of that strata of the academy’s membership.
The conference was held in Nashville. I enjoyed exploring the Vanderbilt campus and was surprised by how much I liked Nashville.