Law School Events

Emmanuel Yimfor joined Columbia Business School in 2023, following a position as Assistant Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. His research is centered on empirical corporate finance, with a particular emphasis on entrepreneurial finance, private equity, and financial intermediation.

Leo Zaibert joined the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology in 2022. He holds a law degree from Universidad Santa María, in Caracas, Venezuela (where he briefly practiced law, after having clerked in several criminal law courts as a student), and a PhD in philosophy from the State University of New York in Buffalo.

Berkeley Law Assistant Professor of Law Manisha Padi studies the law and economics of consumer financial contracts. Specifically, she is interested in how the legal treatment of individuals’ granular transactions have an aggregate impact on consumer welfare, financial institutions, and the economy as a whole

This program marks the plenary meeting of the Academic Forum on ISDS, in cooperation with the Michigan Program on Law and the Global Economy. This meeting represents the kickoff event for the Program on Law and the Global Economy, which serves as a hub for the study of international economic law at Michigan.

This program marks the plenary meeting of the Academic Forum on ISDS, in cooperation with the Michigan Program on Law and the Global Economy. This meeting represents the kickoff event for the Program on Law and the Global Economy, which serves as a hub for the study of international economic law at Michigan.

Matthew Kotzen is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chair of the UNC Department of Philosophy. His research focuses primarily on  epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the law of evidence. He regularly teaches courses on topics in epistemology, philosophy of science, logic, philosophy of law, and humor.

Heather Tanana, JD, MPH (Diné) is an Assistant Professor (Research) & Wallace Stegner Center Fellow at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Heather’s research interests include exploring the overlay between environmental and health policy, promoting better practices in Indian child welfare, and criminal justice in Indian Country. 

Aileen Nielsen is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, where she teaches privacy law and torts. Her research focuses on the interplay of law and technology, drawing on empirical methods and private law topics. She holds degrees in anthropology, physics, and law. 

Jacob Goldin is the Richard M. Lipton Professor of Tax Law. Trained as a lawyer and economist, much of Professor Goldin’s research focuses on US tax policy affecting low-income households. His research interests also include health policy, tax administration, and the application of behavioral economics to policy design.

Zachary Liscow is Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His wide-ranging work in law and economics currently covers tax policy, benefit-cost analysis, and the drivers of high U.S. infrastructure construction costs.