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Baylor Law School Announces Newly-Endowed Chair

June 6, 2018 Mark Curriden

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By Brooks Igo

(June 6) – Baylor Law School has named Professor Elizabeth Miller the inaugural chairholder of the M. Stephen and Alyce A. Beard Chair in Business and Transactional Law.

The Waco-based law school announced today the new endowment given by Steve and Alyce Beard. Both received their Bachelor’s degrees from Baylor, and Steve went on to earn a law degree from the university in 1973. Their gift funds the new faculty position in perpetuity.

“Steve and Alyce have truly blessed our business and transactional business program by their extraordinary commitment to Baylor Law. Their impact on our program will continue for generations to come and we are grateful for their dedication and stewardship,” Baylor Law Dean Brad Toben said in a statement.

“The opportunity to name Prof. Beth Miller to this position is so ideally appropriate. Rarely is there a legislation on business organizations, considered or passed by the Texas Legislature, that does not have Beth’s imprint on it.

Miller is a nationally recognized expert on the law of limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships. She is a former chair of the LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee of the ABA Business Law Section – which honored her in 2013 with the Martin I. Lubaroff Award – and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. The ABA’s Business Law Section chose her for the 2011 Jean Allard “Glass Cutter” Award.

One of Miller’s most significant contributions to Baylor Law has been creating the “Business Law Boot Camp,” which offers practical training on business formation, commercial borrowing, raising capital, trademark and advertising issues, succession planning, selling a business, tax and accounting, contract drafting and negotiation skills. She is also the founder of a national transactional law competition called The Closer.

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Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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