Thursday, January 10, 2008


Cindy Alexander To Give Wasserman Lecture Jan. 31

Cindy Alexander will discuss “The Role of Advisory Services in Proxy Voting” at the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance Thursday, Jan. 31, in Room 113 of Yale Law School. Cindy Alexander is Assistant Chief Economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The lecture is sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. It begins at 12 noon and is open to the public. 

The Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance was established by Craig Wasserman ’86 in memory and honor of his father, Bert W. Wasserman, a distinguished leader in the field of finance who exemplified the field’s highest professional and ethical standards. The goal of the workshop is to support the study of corporate law and finance by sponsoring workshops and discussion forums for the presentation of current research and the discussion of topical issues in law and finance by faculty from Yale and other universities, government officials and members of the bar.