I'd suggest Lawrence Lessig from Stanford.


Norman Hawker, Associate Professor
Haworth College of Business - FCL Dept.
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120

On Mar 30, 2004, at 6:06 AM, Magid, Julie M wrote:

> Call for Suggestions
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> Recently, a former graduate [law] assistant of Emeritus Business Law 
> Professor Jordan Leibman made a gift to Indiana University to be 
> directed to the Indianapolis campus (IUPUI).  The gift provided that 
> the funds were to be spent in any way that Professor Leibman found 
> appropriate.  Jordan came up with a scheme for a joint venture to be 
> carried out by the IU Kelley School of Business – Indianapolis; the IU 
> Law School – Indianapolis; and the IU Herron School of Art.  These 
> were the three schools with which Jordan and his wife Joan had long 
> term involvement.  The plan calls for an endowed annual lecture on the 
> theme:  The Legal and Business Environment of Art.
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> The (anonymous) donor was pleased with the idea and doubled the gift. 
> A Planning Committee consisting of two faculty members from each of 
> the schools was appointed to select speakers for the series, which 
> requires each school to take responsibility for producing a program 
> every three years.  The Law School presentation is to focus on art law 
> matters; the Kelley School program will be dedicated to the art 
> business (which is a huge global industry with many stakeholders, 
> where the making of a market offers unique challenges); and for its 
> mission the Herron School will invite successful artists to describe 
> their encounters with legal and business issues as their careers 
> developed.
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>  The Jordan H. and Joan R. Leibman Lecture project seeks to attack the 
> excessive insularity of the schools on this and other academic 
> campuses by offering a program that we hope will interest art, law, 
> and business people as well as the general public.  I represent the 
> Kelley School on the Planning Committee.  I am asking for suggestions 
> from ALSB members for names and vitae of highly credentialed persons 
> of national reputation to give the lectures.   You may wish to reply 
> to the list or to me at [log in to unmask] .  Thanks for your help.
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> Julie Manning Magid
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> Assistant Professor of Business Law
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> IU Kelley School of Business -- Indianapolis