Photos
Photos from the inaugural Consumer Law Scholars Conference can be viewed here!
Keynote Speakers
Richard Cordray & Elizabeth Cabraser
Papers
Contorting Boilerplate: A Common Law Warranty for Consumer Financial Contracts
Susan Block-Lieb (Fordham University) and Edward J. Janger (Brooklyn Law School)
Formalities as Consumer Protection
Danielle D’Onfro (Washington University)
Meat the Future: A Public Choice Account of Captured Agency Preference
Tammi S. Etheridge (Villanova University)
Consumer Psychology and the Problem of Fine Print Fraud
Meirav Furth-Matzkin (University of Chicago) and Roseanna Sommers (University of Chicago)
Justice in Arbitration: the Consumer Perspective
Farshad Ghodoosi (Morgan State University) and Monica M. Sharif (Morgan State University)
The New Qui Tam: Enforcing Consumer Rights in a Hostile Era
Myriam Gilles (Cardozo) and Gary Friedman (Friedman Law Group)
Facilitating Fintech’s Disruption of Payday Lending
Jim Hawkins (University of Houston)
Consumer Protection Laws and the Mortgage Market: Evidence from Ohio
Manisha Padi (University of Chicago)
The Company Store and the Literally Captive Market: Consumer Law in Prisons and Jails
Stephen Raher (Prison Policy Initiative)
Foreclosure Mediation: The Complexity of Measuring the Impact of Consumer Protection Laws on Borrower Outcomes
Carolina Reid (University of California, Berkeley) and Alan White (CUNY)
Proxy Discrimination in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Daniel Schwarcz (University of Minnesota)
The Hidden Curriculum of Arbitrator Training: A Comparative Analysis of Private and State-Run Arbitration Hearings
Shauhin A. Talesh (University of California, Irvine)
The Strange and Unsettled Fate of Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel: A Reflection on the First Amendment and Compelled Commercial Speech
David Vladeck (Georgetown University)
Organizing Committee
Abbye Atkinson (UC Berkeley)
Kathleen Engel (Suffolk University)
Ted Mermin (UC Berkeley)
Rory Van Loo (Boston University)
Lauren Willis (Loyola Marymount University)