Faculty Profile

Leigh Anenson
Associate Professor

Robert H. Smith School of Business
Logistics, Business and Public Policy
3411 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD  20742-1815
301.405-4105

Curriculum Vitae
 

Research Interests: Equitable Defenses, Attorney Liability, Investor-State Arbitration

Professor Anenson teaches business law at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. Her current research involves rethinking the role of ancient equitable defenses in contemporary court practice in the United States. Her work focuses on developing a better theoretical understanding of the amorphous doctrines of unclean hands, laches, and estoppel to identify deficiencies in their development and to propose improvements to enhance their evolution. She is also formulating an overarching theory, based upon a critical and historical analysis of the role of equity jurisprudence in the modern era, to confront the current confusion in the case law on the role of these equitable defenses in modern business litigation.

The Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) recently honored Professor Anenson with its 2007 Junior Faculty Award of Excellence. The award is given every other year to a junior faculty professor in a tenure track position not exceeding six years who has most excelled in research, teaching, and service. The ALSB is an international academy consisting of law professors teaching at business schools in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Professor Anenson has more than a dozen articles published or accepted for publication from law reviews at top universities. Three articles have also been published in the American Business Law Journal, which is the premier peer-reviewed journal in business law. Her research has been recognized numerous times as the best submitted conference paper, including twice earning the Holmes-Cardozo Distinguished Paper Award. Her published articles have additionally received Hoeber Awards for excellence in research in the American Business Law Journal and for the outstanding article in the Journal of Legal Studies Education.

Professor Anenson is an editor of the International Business Law Review and the American Business Law Journal. She is the immediate past President of both the International Section of the ALSB and its Pacific Southwest Region. She is a member of the American Society of International Law, the American Bar Association (Litigation and International Sections), and is a Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate in the area of international law.

Before embarking on an academic career, Professor Anenson spent several years in the private practice of law and business. She has expertise in international logistics, law, and litigation. She has consulted with global corporations as well as domestic and foreign governments. She has also represented multi-national and other major companies in court and other dispute resolution tribunals.


updated 4/08