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Emma Best

Assistant Teaching Professor
OFFICE: Farrell 322
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BIOGRAPHY

Business law professor and corporate attorney with over ten years in-house, as well as 9 years developing and training new lawyers and undergraduates on both foundational business law and entrepreneurism. Regular speaker and author on compliance, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.

EXPERTISE

Contracts
Intellectual Property
Merger & Acquisitions
Entrepreneurship

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Employment Law
    Entrepreneurship
    Human Resources
    Sustainability

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Business Law
    Compliance
    Economics
    Employment Law
    Entrepreneurship
    Finance
    Human Resource
    Management
    Marketing
    Supply Chain Management
    Strategic Management
    Wills, Estates, and Trusts

EDUCATION

  • DBA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Management) - 2021
  • MBA, Wake Forest University- 2005
  • JD, Wake Forest University- 2002
  • BS, University of Florida (Finance) - 1999

PUBLICATIONS

The Contemporary Tax Journal

To be a B Certified Benefit Corporation or Not to Be
Best, E. , &  Binkley, M. (2020)

The Contemporary Tax Journal

To be a B Certified Benefit Corporation or Not to Be
Best, E. , &  Binkley, M. (2020)

Kendall Hunt

Business Law Workbook
Best, E. (2019)

Kendall Hunt

Business Law Workbook
Best, E. (2019)

Compliance and Ethics Prof. Mag.

How to Find the Right Employees for Your Compliance Department
Best, E. (2016)

Compliance and Ethics Prof. Mag.

How to Find the Right Employees for Your Compliance Department
Best, E. (2016)

21 Clinical L. Rev. 1

Satisfying Experiential Education Requirements through Expanding Externships in For-Profit Placements
Best, E. (2014)

21 Clinical L. Rev. 1

Satisfying Experiential Education Requirements through Expanding Externships in For-Profit Placements
Best, E. (2014)

27 Fla. St. U. J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 31

Greening the Supply Chain: Why Corporate Leaders Make it Matter
Best, E. (2011)

27 Fla. St. U. J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 31

Greening the Supply Chain: Why Corporate Leaders Make it Matter
Best, E. (2011)