Conference Looks at Need for Banking Reform, April 14
April 9, 2009
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore School of Law and the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition will present a half-day conference, "Beyond the Credit Crisis: Financial Institution Regulation for the 21st Century," on Tuesday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center (the UB School of Law), 1415 Maryland Ave. The event will bring together some of Maryland's and the nation's most respected banking regulatory officials, joined by consumer advocates, law professors and financial practitioners in a cogent discussion on what must be done to improve the outlook of banking and investment in the United States. The event is free and open to the public, though space is limited and registration is recommended (see attendance details below).
The conference's luncheon keynote speaker will be Sarah Bloom Raskin, who has served since 2007 as Maryland's Commissioner of Financial Regulation. Bloom Raskin's prior experience in the financial industry includes work in the policy, regulatory and legal sectors. Prior to joining the Office of Financial Regulation, Bloom Raskin served as managing director at Promontory Financial Group, where she advised and counseled domestic and international financial institutions on issues regarding risk management, internal controls, compliance and corporate governance.
A banking lawyer by training, Bloom Raskin has served as banking counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and has been involved at both the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. Bloom Raskin is a recipient of the James R. Nelson Award in Economics, and serves on the board of directors of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and as chair of the Federal Legislation Committee and the Regulatory Restructuring Task Force. The latter is a group of state banking commissioners who are developing principles for evaluating regulatory restructuring proposals.
Various UB law professors, including Cassandra Jones Havard, Charles B. Shafer, Audrey McFarlane, Fred B. Brown and Kia Johnson Dennis, will serve as moderators and panel participants. Dean Phillip J. Closius will provide opening remarks.
The complete agenda and list of speakers for "Beyond the Credit Crisis" is available here. To attend this event, go here and click on the R.S.V.P. function.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Merrick School of Business.