by Jeff Bendix

To further enhance and diversify its already strong business law curriculum, the CWRU School of Law has created the Center for Business Law and Regulation.

Andrew P. Morriss, the Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law and Regulation, will direct the new center.

"Creating this center is consistent with the long-term goals of our strategic plan to further distinguish our school as a leader in legal education," said Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. "As business practices continue to evolve, we must provide our students with the knowledge and analytical tools to understand the issues facing entrepreneurs and businesses so they may better serve their clients needs."

Morriss said the center focuses on expanding curricular offerings and programs as well as developing opportunities for legal, empirical and interdisciplinary research.

"Through the center, we will continue our efforts to prepare future lawyers to serve entrepreneurs and business entities," he explained. "At the same time we will engage in research, assessing the role and impact of government regulation of businesses."

The center also will host events at the school, including the George A. Leet Business Law Symposium, the Dean Lindsey Cowen Business Law Lecture and several other business-related initiatives, such as the John and Jacoba Verheij Fund on Regulatory Law and Policy.

The Leet symposium began in 1999. Held in alternate years, it provides a national forum for the discussion of business law topics and generates knowledge for students, scholars, lawyers and business people. It was established with the support of George Leet, a 1946 graduate of the law school.

The Cowen lecture was established in 2002 with a grant from the Ferry Family Foundation in honor of former law school dean and professor Lindsey Cowen. It consists of a major public address on topics of business law and regulation by experts from academia, the legal and business communities or government.

The Verheij fund will lend important support for research, teaching and faculty support in the area of regulatory law and policy.

The Center for Business Law and Regulation is the fifth center established at the CWRU law school. Others are the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, the Law-Medicine Center, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center.

 

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