Jumpstarting summer research? Getting feedback on your work? Lexington, KY in the spring? Those are all positives to me! Contact Josh Douglas with questions. Hat tip to friend-of-the-BLPB Tom Rutledge, Kentucky lawyer supreme, for prompting this post.
Each year, SEALS hosts a Prospective Law Teachers Workshop (PLTW), which provides intensive mentorship opportunities for VAPs, fellows, and practitioners who plan on entering the law teaching market in August 2026. Participation in PLTW is by acceptance only. Selected PLTW participants also attend a luncheon (separate ticket purchase required) as part of the workshop programming. Past PLTW participants have secured tenure-track appointments at an impressive array of law schools.
This year’s Prospective Law Teachers Workshop will begin on Monday, July 13, 2026, with an online orientation and 1-on-1 sessions to receive faculty feedback on application materials, and will continue with in-person programming in conjunction with the SEALS Conference at the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Specifically, PLTW participants will engage in moot job interviews and job talks. The Workshop will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, July 27, 2026, and end on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. PLTW participants must both participate in the online programming and arrive the day before the workshop begins. After the workshop concludes, PLTW participants can stay for the rest of the conference (for networking) or depart after the workshop programming concludes on Wednesday (we plan to conclude by early afternoon on Wednesday).
If you
Please see the call for papers here from friend-of-the-BLPB Paolo Farah. Abstract submissions are due December 20, 2025. According to the the call for papers, “[t]his symposium aims to bridge disciplines and communities, fostering dialogue between law, policy, science, and industry in advancing tribal energy sovereignty and climate resilience. We invite you to contribute your voice and expertise to this important conversation.”
Corporate board leadership, though perhaps ill-defined, is grounded in the managerial authority and related duties and responsibilities of the board of directors under applicable state law.
This just popped into my mailbox earlier today and is worth broad distribution. Thanks to Terri Pulley Radwan for passing this along.
The Stetson Business Law Review’s annual symposium, to be held in February 2026, will focus on Real Property Law. Information regarding the symposium and proposal submissions are attached. Please consider a submission if you write in the area, and please forward to colleagues who might be interested in participating in the symposium. You may reach me at radwan@law.stetson.edu with any questions.
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
Friends keep sending me contracts they created with ChatGPT or Claude.
They read well. The formatting is clean.
But essential clauses are often missing—or the terms don’t reflect the actual business deal.
Sometimes I revise heavily. Sometimes I start over.
This post isn’t about whether AI is capable.
It’s about whether the person prompting knows how contracts actually work in business.
A contract isn’t a CYA document like my friends think. It reflects how the parties have chosen to allocate risk, reflect their priorities, and protect relationships and business interests.
AI can assist with drafting. I use it. I teach it. But without commercial judgment, even the best prompt won’t protect the business.
We’re need to train future lawyers and all workers not to rely on AI but to partner with it.
At University of Miami School of Law, we’re preparing students to step into the real world—with both digital and business acumen.
In our Transactional Skills Program, students don’t learn theory.
They negotiate, redline, bill, meet with simulated clients, and use AI responsibly. They also work with real-world agreements—documents they’ll see in practice:
✅ NDAs, employment, and contractor agreements
✅ SaaS, MSAs, and licensing deals
✅ Escrow, loan
Friend of the BLPB Paolo Farah reached out to let me know about severl discussion groups, described below, that he is organizing for the 2025 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference this summer. If you have interest in participating, please contact Paolo at PDFarah@mail.wvu.edu.
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“Transforming Global Agriculture and Cultivating Tomorrow: Farmers’ Rights, Animal Law, Trade, Sovereignty, Ethics, and Innovation for Sustainable Progress“
This session unites diverse perspectives to explore challenges and opportunities in agriculture. By integrating disciplines like law, trade, ethics, and innovation, the panel addresses critical issues such as protecting farmers’ rights, evolving animal law, the effects of international trade, and food sovereignty’s role in sustainable development. Topics include ethical considerations, technological advancements, and policy frameworks essential for navigating transformation. Panelists will offer insights into fostering global and domestic collaboration to build equitable, sustainable agricultural systems while tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and food security challenges, driving meaningful progress for a sustainable future.
“Enhancing Experiential Learning in Environmental, Energy, and Sustainability Law and Policy Education“
This discussion group explores innovative ways to integrate real-world experiences into legal education. Bringing together educators, practitioners, and policymakers, it highlights approaches to teaching environmental, energy
Call for Papers
The National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC) will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, June 25-26, 2025, at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, California. This is the sixteenth meeting of the NBLSC, an annual conference that draws legal scholars from across the United States and around the world. We welcome all scholarly submissions relating to business law. Junior scholars and those considering entering the academy are especially encouraged to participate.
The deadline for submission is Friday, March 28, 2025. Please include the following information in your submission:
• Name
• E-mail address
• Institutional Affiliation & Title
• Paper title
• Paper description/abstract
• Keywords (3-5 words)
• Willingness to be a panel moderator
• Known scheduling conflicts
• Dietary restrictions
• Mobility restrictions
Please email your submission to Professor Eric C. Chaffee at eric.chaffee@case.edu.
We realize that this conference may overlap with part of at least one other conference. Unfortunately, these conflicts are unavoidable because of the number of conferences and other events in June and the event schedule at the UCLA School of Law, our host school. We always are happy to work with any conflicts to permit those desiring to