NYU to Host Inaugural Conference On Law, Commerce and Development, April 11-12

MEDIA ADVISORY

• WHAT: New York University School of Law will host its inaugural Conference on Law, Commerce and Development April 11-12, 2008. This interdisciplinary gathering will explore the relationships among legal institutions, commercial practices and economic development.
• WHO: Participants include leading scholars in law, economics, political science and anthropology. The conference, organized by NYU Law Professors Kevin Davis and Clayton Gillette, is intended to create a basis for future collaborative research among scholars from different disciplines.
• WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2008, 9:20 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  Saturday, April 12, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• WHERE: NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Room 212, 225 Sullivan Street (between West 3rd Street and Washington Square South). Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street).

A complete schedule is available at http://www.law.nyu.edu/conferences/lcd/index.html.

Reporters interested in attending should contact Jason Casell at 212.998.6849 or jason.casell@nyu.edu.