For the past few years, the National Business Law Scholars Conference has sponsored a program for prospective business law professors.  Typically, this session is scheduled as part of the two-day annual conference, which is held in June of each year.  In 2020 and 2021, the annual conference had to move online.  In an effort to avoid Zoom fatigue, we have hosted the program virtually on a separate day last year and this year.

This year’s installment of our “market entry” panel and the accompanying keynote is being held next week–on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 11.  The panel discussion, featuring senior and junior business law scholar-teachers, will be moderated by Toledo Law’s Eric Chaffee and take place from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.  The keynote presentation will be offered by UC Davis Law’s Afra Afsharipour and is expected to start at 4:00 pm with a Q&A session that lasts until 5:00 pm.  (All times are Eastern Time.)

To participate, please contact Eric Chaffee or me for a link to the Zoom session.

These programs are so valuable for business law folks who desire to enter the teaching field–something I did (from practice) 21 years ago.  We have been pleased to note Villanova Law’s  entry into this space, too, with its second full-day “Future Business Law Professors Conference” on Friday, September 10.  It is super to see such strong support for entry-level business law faculty!