PROFESSOR PRINCE PRESENTS HER RESEARCH AT NATIONAL BUSINESS LAW SCHOLARS CONFERENCE (VIA ZOOM)
June 2021 — Professor Samantha Prince presented her current research on modernizing the 401(k) plan to accommodate the modern transient workforce at the National Business Law Scholars Conference 2021 that was held via Zoom. Her presentation explained why 401(k) plan vesting schedules for employer contributions fail workers who change jobs frequently.
Professor Prince discussed Amazon’s philosophy to promote high turnover of workers and how such policies not only demean workers, but such policies also erase workers’ potential for accumulating wealth through their 401(k). During her presentation she also discussed racial disparities in 401(k) participation and how such disparities exacerbate the wealth gap. Prince’s current research takes a hard look at participation and vesting schedules in 401(k) retirement plans and how they need to be modernized to meet the needs of our current workforce.
Effective July 1, 2021, Professor Samantha Prince is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Legal Analysis & Writing at Dickinson Law. She has a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, and was a partner in a regional law firm where she handled transactional matters that ranged from an initial public offering to regular representation of a publicly-traded company. Most of her clients were small to medium sized businesses and entrepreneurs, including start-ups. An expert in entrepreneurship law, she established the Penn State Dickinson Law entrepreneurship program, is an advisor for the Entrepreneurship Law Certificate that is available to students, and is the founder and moderator of the Inside Entrepreneurship Law blog.