Welcome to Business Law Week 2025
Maryland Carey will be celebrating Business Law Week from March 24-28, 2025. With a great lineup of opportunities for students to engage, explore, and develop their interest in business law. Please join us for any and all the activities scheduled throughout the week!
Journal of Business and Technology 2025 Symposium Corporate Law Forum
Monday, March 24 · 5:30 - 9pm
Ceremonial Courtroom
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5:30 PM - 6:25 PM The Krongard Room
Welcome Reception and Registration: All speakers, guests, and alumni are invited to a reception featuring food and drinks.
Panel One: 6:30 PM - 7:40 PM Ceremonial Courtroom
This panel will examine the factors driving this trend, including differences in corporate governance standards, fiduciary duties, litigation risks, and tax advantages. Our expert panelists will analyze the implications of these emerging jurisdictions and assess whether they present viable long-term alternatives to Delaware. Panelists include Keith Paul Bishop, Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; Wendy Couture, Professor of Law, University of Idaho; Christine Hurt, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Panel Two: 7:50 PM - 9:00 PM Ceremonial Courtroom
This panel will explore the legal, financial, and strategic considerations driving companies to incorporate or restructure abroad. Experts in international corporate law, taxation, and governance will discuss the benefits and risks of these alternative jurisdictions, comparing their regulatory frameworks, shareholder protections, and dispute resolution mechanisms to the Delaware model. Panelists include Christopher Bruner, Stembler Family Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law and Martin Sybblis, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
MSBA Real Property Section Networking
Tuesday, March 25 · 5:30 - 7:30pm Krongard Boardroom
Network with attorneys working in the legal field of Real Property. The MSBA Real Property Section unites members with a shared interest in real property law, including areas like eminent domain, foreclosure, land development, leasing, financing, title, and zoning, to promote study, development, and improvement in these fields.
Health Law Brown Bag: AHLA Resources for Students
Wednesday, March 26 · 12 - 1pm Room 205
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Join Asha Scielzo, President of the American Health Law Association, and Director of the Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law, for discussion the top trends and opportunities in health law, where health law intersects corporate law, how to explore the field and develop meaningful careers, and how to leverage AHLA resources as a health law student. Pizza will be served.
Norman P. Ramsey Lecture Distinguished Lecture
Featuring Dorothy Lund, the Columbia 1982 Alumna Professor of Law
Wednesday, March 26 4:00 pm
Ceremonial Courtroom
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Dorothy S. Lund, our Norman P. Ramsey Distinguished Lecturer, will present her "purposeful enterprise" theory, showing how nonprofits thrive without shareholder control. Drawing from behavioral economics and organizational science, she’ll explain how purpose aligns incentives, lowers costs, and fosters long-term stability.
Business Law Track 1L Inductee Lunch (by invitation only)
Thursday, March 27
A welcome lunch to the newest members of the Business Law Track with professional headshot sessions available.
Business Law in Baltimore Networking Hour
March 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
750 E Pratt St Ste. 1100, Baltimore
Hosted by Kramon & Graham, P.A.
Sponsored by the Baltimore Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Co-Sponsored by Business Law Society, MIPSA, and EASL
An opportunity to engage with alumni and legal practitioners across the spectrum of business law, sports law, and intellectual property law.
Please reach out to businesslaw@law.umaryland.edu with any questions and we look forward to seeing you for Business Law Week!