Contact:

Herb Wright, 277-1038 or Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915

March 20, 2002
UNM LAW SCHOOL TO HOST TEACH-IN AND PANEL ON ENRON CASE

The University of New Mexico School of Law will host a teach-in and two panel discussions on the Enron case and its many implications for society Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the law school forum, 1117 Stanford, NE, on the UNM North Campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The event, titled "The Downfall, the Deception, What Now and What Can we Learn?" will feature many speakers, including Leslie Lawner, formerly of Enron's General Counsel and Government Affairs Office, Mark Sardella of the Southwest Energy Institute, UNM Associate Dean Alfred Mathewson, UNM law professors Timothy Canova, Nathalie Martin and Norman Bay, and professor of accounting Joni Young.

Among the topics the first panel will discuss are fiduciary duties and corporate governance, 401(k) questions, and the special purposes accounting principles that allowed Enron to move transactions off its balance sheet.

A second panel will briefly discuss the bankruptcy case, deregulation and market impact, environmental and criminal law issues.
There will be a question and answer period after each panel.

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The University of New Mexico
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Telephone: (505) 277-5813
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