Attention: The 2020 Great Lakes Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference scheduled for October in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been cancelled. The 2021 Conference will be held October 15th, 2021 in Grand Rapids, Michigan with additional details to follow.
Our History
The Great Lakes Academy of Legal Studies in Business (formerly known as Tri-State ALSB) is a regional chapter of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. It includes Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. However, all academics involved in business law-related topics from any state are welcome to join and participate.
The core goals of the Great Lakes ALSB are:
The core goals of the Great Lakes ALSB are:
- To provide a home for colleagues who teach law in business programs - a place of support and sharing of teaching and research - and for others who share our core ideology;
- To assure that law is recognized as foundational to markets and to business and is incorporated in the curricula for business and management students; and
- To promote the stature of business law education to our many publics by articulating law's value as a positive force in management and in society.
2019 - 2020 Leadership
PRESIDENT : Peter Prescott, Butler University [pprescot@butler.edu]
VICE PRESIDENT & 2020 CONFERENCE CHAIR: Catherine Jones-Rikkers, Grand Valley State University [jones-rc@gvsu.edu]
SECRETARY: Suzanne Gradisher [smg16@uakron.edu]
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Joseph J. Galante, Millersville University of Pennsylvania [Joseph.Galante@millersville.edu]
VICE PRESIDENT & 2020 CONFERENCE CHAIR: Catherine Jones-Rikkers, Grand Valley State University [jones-rc@gvsu.edu]
SECRETARY: Suzanne Gradisher [smg16@uakron.edu]
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Joseph J. Galante, Millersville University of Pennsylvania [Joseph.Galante@millersville.edu]
WEBMASTER: Brian Hunter, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College
