PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE MODERATED PANEL AT “ERISA AT 50” CONFERENCE
September 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince moderated one of five panels at the “ERISA At 50 Employee Benefits at a Crossroads” conference held at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Professor Prince was invited to moderate the panel entitled “Assessing Participant Benefits & Disclosures” due to her scholarship in the benefits transparency and 401(k) plan areas.
The conference was jointly sponsored by Boston College Law, The Catholic University of America, and Michigan Ross.
Professor Samantha Prince is an Associate 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. A significant part of her practice was in employee benefits including retirement plan design and operation. Her expertise from practice has fueled her research enabling her to become an expert on 401(k) vesting schedules, employee benefits transparency, and gig work. In practice, most of her clients were small to medium sized businesses and entrepreneurs, including start-ups. Professor Prince brought her practice knowledge to the law school and established the Dickinson Law entrepreneurship program. She 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.