The Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law
The Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law was founded in 1978 to develop research and educational programs in the areas of law governing and relating to banking and financial services. The Morin Center’s mission is to provide, within BU Law, an organization for encouraging, managing and recognizing education and research in the field of banking and financial services law. The Morin Center reflects the international aspects of financial services in its work, seeks to marry academic excellence with practical application and fosters a community of scholarship and dialog on legal issues critical to the financial community.
The work of the Morin Center is four-fold:
- Administering the Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law, the first of its kind in the United States
- Publishing the Review of Banking & Financial Law
- Conducting continuing legal education programs, seminars and symposia with the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Financial Services Roundtable.
- Contributing to the academic and scholarly life of Boston University through the Edward Lane-Reticker Speaker Series, Financial Services and Student Lecture Series and other academic activities focusing on banking and financial services law.
The Center’s name reflects the generosity of Charles Morin of Washington D.C., a member of the Boston University School of Law Class of 1949 and an original member of the Center’s Board of Advisors.
In Memoriam:
Alan R. Stern (1985-2008)
The Morin Center and the Review of Banking and Financial Law mourn the loss of a dear friend,
Alan Stern, JD Class of 2009.
Congressman Barney Frank: Lessons of the Subprime Crisis
Congressman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered an address titled "Lessons of the Subprime Crisis" on Monday, February 11, 2008. Congressman Frank's speech marked the third lecture of the Edward Lane-Reticker Speaker Series.
View news coverage from the event:
- "What Caused the Subprime Crisis?" BU Today article and video
- “Bad lenders still seen targeting minorities,” Reuters.com
- “Mass. congressman works to increase mortgage regulation,” NECN.com
- “U.S. Banks, Treasury Plan New Bid to Cut Foreclosures (Update2),” Bloomberg.com
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The Morin Center contributes to the academic and scholarly life of Boston University through the Edward Lane-Reticker Speaker Series, the Financial Services Lecture Series, the Student Lecture Series and other academic activities focusing on banking and financial services law. Congressman Barney Frank delivered the 2008 Edward Lane-Reticker Speaker Series Lecture on February 11. Of special interest was a lecture on April 10, 2008 by William Rutledge, Executive Vice President, Bank Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, entitled "Current Market Turmoil: Supervisory Focus and Risk Management Lessons Learned." |
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