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Natasha Paulmeno | On June 12, 2014

Columbia Law is taking big steps toward strengthening its Program in the Law and Economics

of Capital Markets, and it’s doing so with the help of a very good friend. On June 4, the

school received a three-year grant from the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation, which will

fund the advancement of the program by supporting the production of a seminal treatise on

capital markets regulation and the development a more comprehensive website.

So what’s the big deal? The average tuition for one year of law school is $41,985, according to

lawschooltransparency.com. This inflated tuition has contributed to a downward trend in law

school enrollment nationwide. But if innovative cross-disciplinary programs like Columbia’s

capital markets regulation course are introduced, students might be compelled to pay more

now to earn more in the future.

My colleague Matt DeWilde wrote about the University of Arizona’s tuition decrease and how

the cut incentivizes students to attend three-year programs at cheaper tuition rates; however,

three years with a smaller price tag still costs more than two. But there’s more that law schools

could do than just slash prices. If law schools across the nation were to lower tuition and

continue offering versatile courses like Columbia Law is doing, we could end up with better

educated lawyers. The most valuable aspect of programs like this one is a student body that

actually cares about the subject. Legal grads could become more proficient legal advocates

with the help of partnerships like Columbia Business and Law and NASDAQ.

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T GS business Capital Markets Columbia Law School Education Grant Law School NASDAQ

The Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets is jointly based in the Columbia Law

School and the Columbia Business School. The first of its kind, it focuses on three main goals:

1. To further develop the Capital Markets Regulation course and its materials in order toallow other institutions to take advantage of them.

2. To draft a seminal treatise on capital markets regulation.

3. To unite professionals through the Fellow Workshops to promote discussion of legalregulation of capital markets and economic forces that drive regulation.

The grant allows Columbia Law to continue providing courses in the up-and-coming fieldwhere business and law collide, without augmenting tuition. The program is directed by three

seasoned scholars, Professors Merritt B. Fox, Lawrence R. Glosten, and Edward F. Greene. In

my interview with Professor Fox, he said that anywhere from 50 to 80 students enroll in the

main course. By 2016 he and Professor Glosten hope to complete the seminal treatise, which

will be the first text on capital markets to be used as a professional reference and teaching

material for legal practitioners, market participants, and scholars.

Publishing the seminal treatise means facilitating the course at other institutions, which is just

what this nation needs. Fox said the University of South Carolina School of Law will implement

a capital markets regulation course in the upcoming school year, and that readily available

materials of a hard text would stimulate other universities to adopt courses in the subject.

Another resource the grant will support is the NASDAQ OMX Fellow Workshops program. The

workshops connect students with “experts from the legal and business academy, government,

industry and legal practice for high-level discussions to the legal regulation of capital markets

and the economic forces that shape markets and the regulatory environment.”

Most of the workshops are recorded and published on the program’s website. Students can

use the workshops to network with the professionals in the field. “If someone became

interested we would be able to connect them with one of the speakers in the program,” Fox

said. Networking is a key aspect for aspiring lawyers in a time when the legal job market is

rocky.

Due to low employment rates for legal post-grads, Columbia Law’s capital markets program

will give participating students a new edge. And who doesn’t love being a little ahead? The

combination of easily accessible materials and networking opportunities provide students with

the upper hand in the post-graduation job hunt. With the support from NASDAQ, the program

is sure to continue breaking ground in the blossoming field.

Congratulations, Columbia Law! Your capital markets program is sure to kick butt in a new era

of legal studies.

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  atasha Paulmeno (@natashapaulmeno)

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