The Wasserman Workshop was established by Craig Wasserman ’86 in memory of his father, Bert W. Wasserman, a distinguished leader in the field of finance. The workshop supports the study of corporate law and finance by bringing to the Law School faculty from Yale and other universities, to present current research.
Three additional Wasserman Workshops were scheduled for the academic year: Holger Mueller of New York University’s Stern School of Business on December 5; Cindy Alexander, assistant chief economist at the SEC, on January 31; and Paul Mahoney ’84, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, on April 17.
The Center for the Study of Corporate Law continued its stimulating slate of activities with another alumni breakfast program in New York in November on proxy voting, with panelists Henry Hu ’79, Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance, University of Texas School of Law; Charles M. Nathan ’65, Global Co-Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Latham & Watkins, LLP; and Erik R. Sirri, Director of the SEC’s Division of Market Regulation. Recent Center activities also included two career-related events cosponsored by the Law School’s Career Development Office and The Yale Law & Business Society, a new student organization. The first event was a panel on November 14 entitled “What Do Corporate Lawyers Do?” The second event was a talk on November 27 by Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director of the Center, Roberta Romano ’80, on “How to Craft a Career in Corporate Law: Foundations for Transaction Lawyering, Litigation, Business, and Academic Careers.”
The Center also recently welcomed two new staff members: John Morley ’06, the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Executive Director; and Kris Kavanaugh, the Center Coordinator.
For more information on Center activities, visit the website at www.law.yale.edu/ccl.