Law professors from the University of Utah and other universities will debate the causes and effects of the financial meltdown in a free symposium from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the U.'s S.J. Quinney College of Law.

"We will bring together scholars from across the country who are uniquely combining research on reforms to the nation's financial regulatory structure with studies of corporate governance failure that contributed to the financial crisis," said U. law professor Christian Johnson, organizer of the symposium dubbed: "Financial Crisis: Regulatory and Corporate Governance Critiques and Reforms."

Speakers will include faculty members Johnson and andre douglas pond cummings and guests Todd Clark, North Carolina Central University; Stephen Ramirez, Loyola University-Chicago; Regina Burch and Joseph Grant, Capital University; Cheryl Wade, St. John's University; Jena Martin-Amerson, West Virginia University; and Timothy Canova, Chapman University.

Topics will be explored in morning and afternoon roundtable discussions in the Sutherland Moot Courtroom.

Mike Gorrell