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May 6, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Virtual

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC Tennessee

 Join ACC Tennessee for its flagship
MBA in a Half Day CLE Program

Agenda

1:00-4:00 PM Central

Session I:
Financial Literacy: Learning to Speak the Language of the Finance Team
Panelists: Dr. Marilyn Young (Belmont Professor of Accounting) and Alexa Karpinski, CPA (VP of Accounting and Financial Systems for CHS)
Learn from our panelists on how financial reporting and legal considerations shape corporate disclosures, with a focus on the opportunities for collaboration between the financial reporting team and in-house counsel

Session II:

AI on the Business Side
Panelists: Dr. Catherine Bass (Director of Belmont Data & AI Collaborative), Jesse Blocher (Vanderbilt Professor of the Practice of Data Science and Finance), Kyle Turner (Vanderbilt School of Law Assistant Director of Emerging Technologies and Digital Initiatives), and Lisa Gibson (LP Corp Senior Corporate Counsel - Technology & Privacy)
Are you curious (and you should be) about how the business side of your company is using and planning to use AI tools? Each of our panelists is well versed in what's going on and where businesses are headed in the AI Age.

Session III: 

Capital Sources in the Corporate Life Cycle
Panelists: Shane Mulrooney (Founder & GC, NewEra ADR) and Timothy Van Hal (Partner, Barnes & Thornburg)
This presentation will provide an overview of how legal risk, capital, governance, and conflicts of interest evolve over a company’s lifecycle, from formation through exit.

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2.0 General and 1.0 Dual
CLE Hours in Tennessee (Pending Approval)

All in house counsel welcome
Free for Members
$35 for Non Members


CLE

State: Tennessee