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Samantha Prince

  • Associate Professor of Law
  • Carlisle
Samantha Prince

Expertise

  • 401(k) Plans
  • Business Law
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employment Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • ERISA
  • Gig Economy
  • Pay Transparency
  • Pensions
  • Retirement Plans
  • Tax Law

Education

  • LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
  • J.D., cum laude, Widener Commonwealth Law
  • B.S., Chemistry, Muhlenberg College

Biography

Samantha Prince is an associate professor of law whose research and scholarship focus on outdated employee benefits laws negatively impacting workers in our evolving world. Professor Prince has primarily written on 401(k) retirement benefits and has therefore been dubbed by the media as “an expert in company benefit schemes” and a “expert on retirement plans.” Her goal is to shed light on current issues so that change can happen. For instance, Professor Prince has analyzed the current 401(k) plan rules, such as the permissible vesting schedules to show the negative impact on retirement savings during a time when workers are more transient. As part of this research, Professor Prince illuminated how employee churn, which can be deliberate and part of the business model in some businesses like Amazon, negatively impacts workers, particularly those of color, from the standpoint of their 401(k) retirement savings. Her work continues to focus on the unfairness of 401(k) vesting schedules.