The Renaissance Life of the Talented Professor Buxbaum
Professor Richard M. Buxbaum
Date: 04/18/2011
Duration: 00:57
Description:
Many of you may be familiar with Professor Buxbaum’s leading work in Corporations Law and Comparative Law, and as a pillar of the Berkeley Law’s business faculty. What you may not know is that his many contributions extend far beyond shaping jurisprudence in the United States and around the world. They are also deeply rooted in public service, affirmative action, free speech, national defense, and reparations issues. He is a true Renaissance man and his service to the Berkeley Law community as well as citizens around the world is without parallel. In his final year of teaching at Boalt, BCLB hosted a special lunchtime talk where Professor Buxbaum reflected on his experiences in the major social and political events of the 1960s and 1970s.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ)
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law and Business
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Financial Emergency: The Crises that Began and Ended the Decade
The Honorable Michael G. Oxley
Date: 04/06/2011
Duration: 01:20
Description:
The co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, one of the most far reaching, and controversial, financial regulation laws in American history, spoke about the fiscal crashes that ended the dot-com bubble and that once again have plunged the economy into recession.
A former FBI Agent, Michael G. Oxley was elected to the House of Representatives from Ohio’s fourth district in 1981. He eventually went on to serve as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee from 2001 to 2006, and is best known for his co-authorship of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Oxley led the panel through the aftermath of the tech bubble, the difficult post-9/11 period, and the rash of corporate scandals early in the decade that destroyed investor confidence and sent the markets into a tailspin.
Sponsor(s): Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law and Business
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The Top 10 Things You Should Learn in Law School if You Want to Work with Great Entrepreneurs
Donna Petkanics, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Robert J. Majteles, Treehouse Capital LLC, BCLB Director
Date: 03/15/2011
Duration: 01:00
Description:
Donna Petkanics of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Rob Majteles of Treehouse Capital shared their insider experiences with the Boalt community, offering a unique perspective from both sides of the equation.
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law and Business
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Law, Policy, and Practice on China’s Periphery: Minority Areas and Implications for Hong Kong and Taiwan
Pitman Potter, University of British Columbia
Date: 02/15/2011
Duration: 01:11
Description:
Professor Potter’s talk focused on his recently published book “Law, Policy, and Practice on China’s Periphery: Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity.” He examined the Chinese government’s policies and practices in relationship to the Inner Periphery areas, defined as Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan, focusing on political authority, socio-cultural relations, and economic development. Successive imperial, republican, and communist governments have struggled to maintain sovereignty over the regions surrounding the great river valleys of China.
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsor: Berkeley Center for Law and Business
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