Emma Best

Associate Teaching Professor

EMAIL: beste@wfu.edu

PHONE: (336) 758-3740

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)

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)

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)