News Release

'Challenges and Opportunities in Financial Services Law" Discussed

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will host a presentation on "Challenges and Opportunities in Financial Services Law" on February 18, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. The presentation will be held on UDM¹s Riverfront campus, 651 East Jefferson in Room #126. A question and answer session will follow.

Professor Ronald H. Filler of New York Law School will lead the presentation, discussing topics such as: employment opportunities in the financial services industry, current legislative and regulatory reforms facing U.S. and global financial institutions, and the LL.M. in Financial Services Law Program at New York Law School.

Filler launched the LL.M. in Financial Services Law Program in 2009. He founded the Commodities Law Institute at Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1978 and was the director until 1997. Filler has served on boards such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, The Clearing Corporation Board of Directors, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has spoken at hundreds of industry seminars.

Contact Kristen Kerr, Director of Events at (313) 596-0265 or kerrke@udmercy.edu if you plan to attend.

Release date: February 14, 2010

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