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Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings) in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1985 through 2000.

She has served as an expert witness and consultant on business entity and finance and federal and state securities law matters and is a frequent academic and continuing legal education presenter on business law issues. Professor Heminway also has represented pro bono clients on political asylum applications, landlord/tenant appeals, social security/disability cases, and not-for-profit incorporations and related business law issues. Read More

From friend of the BLPB Emily Winston:

The University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law seeks to hire multiple entry-level and experienced faculty. We are especially interested in faculty who teach and write in the areas of Clinical Legal Education, Environmental Law, Business and Finance Law, International Law, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, and Constitutional Law. Outstanding candidates from other areas will be considered and are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will be hired on the tenure-track or with tenure. 

Candidates should have a Juris Doctor or equivalent degree. Additionally, a successful applicant should have a record of excellence in academia or in practice, the potential to be an outstanding teacher, and demonstrable scholarly promise.

Interested persons should apply as follows:

1. Go to: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/search

2. Enter the posting number FAC00072PO25, or click on the link below:

3. Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (General): uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/188094

4. Complete the application.

A formal application is required to be considered. Applicants are welcome to contact the hiring committee with any questions regarding the application process at hiring@law.sc.edu.  We anticipate beginning to review applications on August 1.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions…

It was great to see many of you last week in Los Angeles for the National Business Law Scholars conference at UCLA Law. It was, as always, a positive whirlwind of activity. The array of panels and topics was, as usual impressive. The full agenda can be found here. Michael Dorff and his team did an amazing job of welcoming (and feeding!) us throughout the two days of sessions. As a former host of the conference, I know how tough that can be. We all owe them a debt of gratitude.

I was fortunate to be able to both participate in the opening plenary on the recent changes to Delaware corporate law and also present some of my research and ideas on ESG and corporate compliance.

In the former, I invoked Larry Hammermesh’s amazingly insightful 2006 article in the Columbia Law Review. If you haven’t ever–or recently–read it and are researching or writing about Delaware lawmaking, it is a “must read.” As I noted in the plenary session at the conference, Tennessee attempts to emulate the key parts of the process Larry describes as and when it can. In addition to sharing some of my own views about…

Call for Papers

The University of Richmond School of Law, in partnership with the University of Illinois College of Law, UCLA School of Law, and Vanderbilt Law School, invites submissions for the Twelfth Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation. This workshop will be held on Thursday, October 23 and the morning of Friday, October 24, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia. 

Overview 

This annual workshop brings together scholars focused on corporate and securities litigation to present their scholarly works. Papers addressing any aspect of corporate and securities litigation or enforcement are eligible, including securities class actions, fiduciary duty litigation, and SEC enforcement actions. We welcome scholars working in a variety of methodologies, as well as both completed papers and works-in-progress. Authors whose papers are selected will be invited to present their work at a workshop hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law. Participants will pay for their own travel, lodging, and other expenses. 

Submissions 

If you are interested in participating, please send the paper you would like to present, or an abstract of the paper, to corpandsecworkshop@gmail.com by Friday, June 20, 2025. Please include your name, current position, and contact information in the e-mail accompanying the submission. Authors…

This Article preliminarily explores the contours of ESG information as a potential basis for unlawful insider trading under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 10(b). Insider trading violations under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 are rooted in a person’s (1) trading of securities while in possession of material

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Earlier this week, The University of Tennessee Frank Winston College of Law (yes, a new name, with a great story behind it!) announced my appointment as the incoming director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law. You can find the full story here. I posted the news on social media earlier in the week. Thanks to those of you who commented and contacted me in response to those posts.

As I said there and have told many of you, I am truly excited to take on this new role for the academic program in which I have worked for 25 years–the program that brought me to Tennessee and the College of Law in 2000 after nearly 15 years of practice up in Boston, Massachusetts. I assume the directorship on August 1. I am grateful to the center’s interim director, Brian Krumm, who has ably managed the center since the 2024 retirement of longtime director George Kuney.

The Clayton Center is rooted in entrepreneurship, being the namesake of James L. Clayton, a 1964 graduate of the Winston College of Law who is the founder of Knoxville-based Clayton Homes, Inc., now a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Florida’s first law school, invites applicants from entry-level and lateral candidates for several faculty positions. Our hiring priorities focus on candidates who are enthusiastic about enhancing our existing institutional strengths and helping us develop new areas of excellence. We welcome applications from qualified candidates across all areas and specializations. Specifically, we seek individuals with expertise in business law, civil procedure, constitutional law, criminal law, legal research and writing, professional responsibility, and tax law.

The Faculty Appointments Committee will review applicants until all positions are filled. The review of lateral applicants will begin in May and will continue on a rolling basis throughout the summer.

Stetson Law was founded in 1900 and is excited to celebrate its 125th Anniversary this year. Stetson Law has a national reputation for its advocacy program, ranked #1 in the nation, and its legal writing program, ranked #3 in the nation, by U.S. News and World Report. It also boasts renowned centers, institutes, and clinics in various fields, such as advocacy, elder law, higher education, biodiversity and the environment, legal communication, Caribbean law, and veterans law.

Stetson University includes a College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Music, and a…

The University of Maine School of Law, in the coastal city of Portland, Maine, is seeking a full-time visitor for the Spring 2026 semester. Our primary curricular needs are the first-year Property course and related upper-level courses, including natural resources. The visiting appointment may be at the Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Professor of Practice level, depending on the experience of the candidate. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Required: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree or its equivalent, an excellent academic record, and a record or promise of successful teaching and student mentoring, including an ability and willingness to incorporate innovative teaching approaches into the curriculum.

To apply, please submit an application to: mainelawsearch@maine.edu. Please include (1) a cover letter that fully describes your qualifications and experiences, (2) your curriculum vitae, and (3) contact information for three professional references. 

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. You may email any questions to mainelawsearch@maine.edu.

Appropriate background screening will be conducted for the successful candidate. The University of Maine System is an equal opportunity institution committed to nondiscrimination.

The University of San Francisco School of Law is in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic and progressive cities, which gives our community a global perspective and access to a vibrant legal community, premier arts and culture, as well as centers of innovation in tech, finance, environmental justice, and more. The campus is located in a beautiful neighborhood just north of Golden Gate Park and halfway between Ocean Beach and the Financial District.

The University of San Francisco School of Law is steeped in the hallmarks of a Jesuit education with an unwavering commitment to social justice and a focus on training skilled, ethical, and community-engaged lawyers. The Law School has a proud 110year history of preparing its diverse graduates to be excellent and ethical attorneys who serve their clients and communities with integrity.

The Law School is seeking entry-level tenure track and lateral tenured applicants for three positions on our full-time faculty to begin in the fall of 2026. USF Law welcomes outstanding candidates in all areas but is especially interested in the fields of criminal, property, and civil procedure law, with secondary interests in environmental, employment, and international law. Practice experience is especially valued for…

Call for Submissions – Spring 2026 Issue

Stetson Business Law Review

The Stetson Business Law Review is now accepting submissions for our Spring 2026 Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2. We welcome article proposals and complete manuscripts from professors, practitioners, judges, and scholars working in all areas of business law and related disciplines.

This is an open issue, meaning we are accepting submissions on all topics within the broad field of business law. We especially encourage submissions that either (1) promulgate a novel theory or approach to a business law issue, and/or (2) provide practical insights for practitioners, particularly those practicing in Florida.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To be considered for the Spring 2026 issue, we recommend submission by December 15, 2025.

About the Journal

The Stetson Business Law Review is a student-edited publication at Stetson University College of Law with a mission of publishing high-quality scholarly works on topics arising in any field related to business legal theories, influential court cases, and relevant national or Florida controversies.

How to Submit

Submissions may be made via Scholastica or emailed directly to jbonjorn@law.stetson.edu with “Spring 2026 Submission” in the subject line. Please include a CV along with…

The Association of American Law Schools Section on Leadership, for which I serve as Chair this year, is hosting the program described below tomorrow on scholarship in the area of lawyer leadership. Business law and leadership are a natural fit, and each time we argue for change through our scholarship, we are assuming a role of leadership in law. Yet, many of us never expressly acknowledge that connection in our research and writing.

Moreover, many of us may not talk about lawyer leadership in our classrooms or assign law leadership scholarship to our students. Yet, our students begin to lead in the law and otherwise develop their professional identities while we are teaching them in law school. Encouraging and guiding that part of our students’ journey into lawyering is, in my view, one of the great joys of being a law faculty member.

The section is excited to offer this program featuring national experts on law leadership who engage in research and writing relating to that field. Come and listen in to learn how the scholarship of lawyer leadership may matter to you and your work. Links to further information and registration are included below.

Advancing Lawyer Leadership: Why Scholarship

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