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Contemporary Legal Issues in Business, a conference created by and featuring Masters in Business Administration students, will be held in DPC 100 on March 9 at 6 p.m. The program is a class project operated by the students in Business Administration 620.
Groups of three to five MBA candidates will present recommendations with speeches supported by a Powerpoint presentation. The speeches will be on a variety of current business legal issues. Industry grade published editions of the presentations, available at the conference, have a permanent home at Fogler Library.
Martha Broderick, BUA 620 instructor, advises students if they ask but otherwise allows them free reign as they immerse themselves in producing the event.
“I’m very impressed with our group of MBA students because they’ve used their individual strengths to put this together in five weeks,” Broderick said.
Despite the fact that the presentations represent many different industries, they will be formulated for a broad audience. It’s expected that business people will appreciate the advice and lay people will understand the concepts.
“We expect the audience’s makeup to fluctuate throughout the evening,” Broderick said. “People can come for as many presentations as they want.”
A tremendous base of research will support the analysis, criticism, and suggestions supplied for the benefit of any who capitalize on the free information.
“I am impressed with the lengths traveled by my peers to ensure the professional quality of this conference and its published works,” MBA candidate Jonathan Harvey said.
Harvey also put in long hours, serving as both press contact and as a presenter. “This is one of the most demanding, and hopefully most rewarding, projects I have been part of during my academic life,” he said.
The basic model for this conference, which could easily fulfill service-learning requirements, was first conceived at Penn State and the University of Chicago. Broderick enjoys fostering education and providing the service.
“It’s a very fine service to the community, as students tend to present topics with relevance to local businesses,” she said Tuesday.
Students garner corporate funds to support advertising, refreshments, program guides and publishing. Pepsi, Wal-Mart, Shop ‘n Save, Eastern Maine Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital all provided promotional considerations.
