smyths@temple.edu tel 215-204-5008 EMPLOYMENT Academia Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA Associate Professor of Law 2007-Present Teaching Areas Primary Contracts, Commercial Transactions (UCC, Sales and Secured Credit), International Business Transactions, International Financial Law, International Financial Transactions, International Development Law and Policy Others Payment Systems, Banking Regulation, Securities Regulation, International Organizations, Trusts and Estates Committee Assignments Curriculum (2009, 2011-2013) Ad Hoc Business Law (2008-09) L.L.M. Transnational Law (2008-09, 2010-12) International & Comparative Law Journal (2009) Jessup International Moot Court (2009-13) Colloquia/Workshop (2012) Graduation Prizes (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) Judicial Clerkship Clinical (2010) University of the Western Cape, South Africa Summer, 2006 Visiting Professor of Law Course taught The Legal and Policy Aspects of Market and Non-Market Financing Mechanisms for Development (course for graduate law students pursuing LL.M. degree) American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. 2004-2006 Visiting Professor of Law (on sabbatical from the World Bank) Page 1 of 6
Practice Senior Counsel, Finance 1990-2007 World Bank, Legal Department Lead lawyer on multiple complex international financings involving derivatives, emerging market bond offerings, cross-border security interests, and clearing and settlement through national and international payment systems Legal Advisor to World Bank as Trustee of the Global Environment Facility Lead Counsel to World Bank Task Force on Public-Private Partnerships U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Honors Program 1968-1990 Trial Attorney, Member of Banking Litigation Defense Team Lecturer and Instructor, Trial Advocacy Institute Member of White House Thousand Points of Light Initiative Task Force Judicial Clerkship United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1985-1986 Judicial Clerk to the late Honorable Hugh Bownes EDUCATION LL.M., Georgetown University Law School, 1984 B.C.L., Oxford University, England, 1982 B.A., Legal Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1980 PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH US Private Equity Investment in Emerging Economies, 12 J. INT L BUS. & L. 223 (Summer 2013) (w/ Kelly Fisher). Funding Global Health, 15 HEALTH & HUM. RTS. 58 (2013) (w/anna Triponel). NGOs and the Legitimacy of International Development, 61:2 KAN. L. REV. 377 (2012). Agency and Accountability in Multilateral Development Finance: An Agenda for Change, 4:1 L. & DEV. REV. (Summer 2011). Collective Action for Development Finance, 32:4 U. PA. J. INT L L. 101 (Spring 2011). Page 2 of 6
Creating A Collective Financing Vehicle to Save the World, The Global Environment Facility Experience, in FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT: MULTILATERAL CHANNELS OF CONCESSIONAL FINANCING, Asian Development Bank Press (2011) (reprint). A Practical Guide to Creating a Collective Financing Effort to Save the World: The Global Environment Facility Experience, 22.1 GEO. INT L. ENV. L. REV. 29 (January 2010). World Bank Grants in a Changed World Order: How Do We Referee This New Paradigm? 30:2 PENN J. INT L L. 483 (Winter 2008). Global Fund Needed, Opinion, NAT L L.J. 19, col. 1 (Apr. 27, 2009). Can Business Learn To Love The Environment? The Case for a U.S. Corporate Carbon Fund, 58:2 RUTGERS L. REV. 451 (WINTER 2006). Education as a Lynchpin of Development: Legal and Policy Considerations in the Formation of the Education For All Catalytic Trust Fund, VI:1 SUS. DEV. L. & P. 18 (Fall 2005) (w/anna Triponel). The Prototype Carbon Fund: A New Departure in International Trusts and Securities Law, V:2 SUS. DEV. L. & P. 28 (Spring 2005). Presents, Promises and Trust Principles, THE CONVEYANCER AND PROPERTY LAWYER (1982). The Raison D'Etre of the Resulting Trust, HOLBORN COLLEGE LAW JOURNAL (1982). Works in Progress COMMENTARY ON THE WORLD BANK S ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT: APPLYING A 1944 CHARTER IN A POST-COLD WAR WORLD (edited book proposal for submission to Oxford University Press, Commentaries on International Law series). Redefining the International Order for Development Assistance (submission for publication expected Spring 2014). International Financial Institutions and Collective Responses to Natural Disasters. Page 3 of 6
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Financial Law (proposal for submission to AALS 2014 Midyear Meeting Workshop, Blurring Boundaries in Financial and Corporate Law (scheduled June 2014). Other Scholarly Activities Co-editor of Nonprofit Lawprof Blog (2008-10) (Contributed posts on international aspects of nonprofit law) External Reviewer for LAW AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW (a peer-reviewed online journal) Advisor to World Bank on Annual Forum on Law, Justice and Development PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS NGO Participation in International Financial Organizations Governance. Invited presentation at upcoming conference on Participatory Governance in the 21 st Century being hosted by Arizona State University s Center for Law and Global Affairs and the American Society for International Law s International Organizations Interest Group (upcoming December 13, 2013) Beyond Development: New Paradigms of Assistance and the Implications for Public International Law. Chaired panel and presented paper at the Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association Conference on Law, Society and the Social Good, hosted by the Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University. (October 20, 2012). NGOs and Legitimacy in International Development. Presented paper at University of Richmond Law School pursuant to Temple-Richmond Junior Faculty Exchange. (January 2012). Agency and Accountability in Multilateral Development Finance. Presented paper at Second Annual Law and Development Institute Conference hosted by Seattle University School of Law. (December 2011). Collective Action for Development Finance. Work-shopped paper as part of the Finance, Banking and Consumer Credit Roundtable at Temple-Albany Junior Law Faculty Conference, Albany Law School. (February 2011). What Role Should the World Bank Play in International Disaster Prevention and Relief? Presented paper at symposium, International Law Frameworks in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters, hosted by Emory University School of Law. (January 2011). Page 4 of 6
Legitimacy, Participation and International Development Finance. Presented paper at symposium, Governing Civil Society, Linking NGO Legitimacy and Nonprofit Accountability hosted by the Brooklyn Law School. (October 2010). Trust Funds for International Development Aid. Presented paper to Villanova Law Faculty as part of Temple/Villanova Junior Faculty Exchange Program, Villanova Law School. (August 2010). Can We Trust the Trust as A Financing Vehicle for Multilateral Development Assistance? Presented paper at symposium, A Changing of the Guard: The Future of International Law and Development under Obama, hosted by the University Of North Carolina School Of Law. (January 2010). Financing Climate Change Mitigation and Prevention. Moderated panel at symposium, Managing the Challenges of Scarcity: The Critical Path for Global Construction, hosted by Princeton University and the American College of Construction Lawyers, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. (November 2009). The Global Trust Imperative: Reassessing the Trust as an Instrument of International Development Finance. Delivered paper competitively selected from Call for Papers, at Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting. (January 2009). Some Legal and Policy Challenges Posed By Innovative Financing Mechanisms for International Development Aid. Presented paper at symposium, Law Without Borders, hosted by Temple University Beasley School of Law. (March 2008). The Education For All Catalytic Trust Fund: A Model for Funding The Millennium Development Goals. Presented paper at symposium, Education: A Lynchpin of Development The Challenge of Leaving No Child Behind, hosted by American University, Washington College of Law, Founders Celebration Series. (April 2005). A Legal Analysis of the World Bank's Involvement in Global Programs and Partnerships. Presented paper at World Bank Senior Management Forum. (March 2003). The Legal, Policy And Ethical Implications of World Bank/Private Sector Partnerships. Presented Paper at World Bank Lawyers Forum. (April 2002). How To Talk So Clients Will Listen and Listen So Clients Will Talk. Worked with Communication Skills Consultant to design and deliver training workshop on communication skills for lawyers. (June 2001). Dealing With Difficult Questions. Worked with Media Skills Consultant to design and deliver training workshop on inter-active presentation skills for lawyers. (June 2000). Page 5 of 6
Are Interests In The Prototype Carbon Fund Securities? Presented paper at World Bank Lawyers Forum. (May 1999). GRANTS Secured $600,000 World Bank grant to American University, Washington College of Law and partner universities for the Africa Legal Capacity-Building Initiative in 2005. The grant funded scholarships for young African legal academics and government lawyers to pursue an LL.M. in International Trade and Investment Law. HONORS & AWARDS World Bank Financial Sector Spot Award (2001) World Bank Legal Department Excellence Award (1999) U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award (1985) Hebert Plummer Travel Fellowship, St. Anne's College, Oxford (1982) (for legal study in the U.S.) Kingsmill Moore Law Prize, Trinity College (1979) (for highest grades in class) Hamilton Hunter Law Prize, Trinity College (1978) (for highest grades in class) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member of the American Bar Association Member of the Michigan State Bar Member of the American Society of International Law Page 6 of 6