Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS PRESENTS HER CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT ON CONGRESSIONAL SECURITIES TRADING AT THE 2023 NATIONAL BUSINESS LAW SCHOLARS CONFERENCE June 2023 — Professor Sarah Williams attended the 2023 National Business Law Scholars Conference held June 15-16 at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She presented her current work-in-progress, “Regulating Congressional Insider Trading: The Rotten Egg Approach.” This research project contemplates the use of the disclosure provisions of the federal securities laws, rather than its antifraud provisions, to address concerns of possible insider trading by members of Congress. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS TO SERVE AS DISCUSSANT AT MARCH 2022 RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON CAPITALISM & THE RULE OF LAW November 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to serve as a discussant at the March 2022 Research Roundtable on Capitalism & the Rule of Law, sponsored by the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS WRITES FOR THE COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL BLUE SKY BLOG October 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams accepted an invitation from Columbia Law School’s blog on corporations and the capital markets to submit a conversational summary of her upcoming article, “Regulatory Personhood: The Elixir for Redundancy Between the SEC and the PCAOB.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS’ SECOND WORK IN THE AREA OF AUDITOR REGULATION TO BE PUBLISHED BY ST. JOHN’S LAW REVIEW October 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an offer from St. John’s Law Review to publish her recent article, “Regulatory Personhood: The Elixir for Redundancy Between the SEC and the PCAOB.” Her article will appear in print in the fall of 2023. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS APPOINTED TO THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT ARBITRATION BOARD OF THE D.C. BAR July 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has been appointed by the Board of Governors of the D.C. Bar to serve on its Attorney/Client Arbitration Board (ACAB). As a member of this standing committee, Prof. Williams will participate in overseeing the services that the D.C. Bar provides to its members and their clients to resolve disputes about legal fees. She joins the ACAB Board after serving as a volunteer arbitrator in its fee dispute resolution program. Read more |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LONG-TERM STOCK EXCHANGE June 2022 — On May 24, 2022, Professor Sarah J. Williams was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (“LTSE”). Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS TO PRESENT HER LEGAL RESEARCH AT THE 2022 NATIONAL BUSINESS LAW SCHOLARS CONFERENCE May 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to present her work-in-progress, Regulatory Personhood: The Elixir For Auditor Oversight Redundancy Between the SEC and the PCAOB, at the 2022 National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC) to be held June 16 and 17 at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. This annual conference draws legal scholars from across the U.S. and around the world. Read more |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS INVITED TO PRESENT RESEARCH AT WHARTON’S UPCOMING FINANCIAL REGULATION CONFERENCE March 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to present her work-in-progress, Regulatory Personhood: The Elixir For Auditor Oversight Redundancy Between The SEC and The PCAOB, at the Wharton Financial Regulation Conference to be held on April 1, 2022. This article represents the second installment in a series by Professor Williams regarding the regulation of accountants responsible for auditing companies publicly traded in the United States. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS AGREES TO SERVE AS EXPERT PANELIST AT MARCH 2022 RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON CAPITALISM & THE RULE OF LAW February 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to serve as a discussant at the March 2022 Research Roundtable on Capitalism & the Rule of Law, sponsored by the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS PUBLISHES ARTICLE EXAMINING THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC COMPANY AUDIT FIRMS February 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams recently authored the first in a series of planned articles exploring the successful formula for effective auditor oversight. Her article, titled “The Alchemy of Effective Auditor Oversight,” evaluates the verification process through which accounting firms are approved to audit public companies. Full story |