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Linda O. Smiddy

Professor of Law and Director of International and Comparative Programs Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT

Linda O. Smiddy is a Vermont Law School Professor of Law and the Director of the School's International and Comparative Programs. She is the co-author, with Larry D. Soderquist, A. A. Sommer, Jr., and Pat K.Chew, of the casebook Corporations and Other Business Organizations:Cases, Materials, Problems, Lexis Publishing and of Corporate Law & Practice, published by the Practising Law Institute. Professor Smiddy was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Paris 13. Her course subjects include Business Organizations, Contracts and Comparative Law.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Introduction to Agency: Defining Agency Relationships	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations Entertainment Law	2004	September 22, 2020	81	409
Issuance of Shares - Part I	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2003	February 21, 2019	7	126
Issuance of Shares - Part IIA	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2005	December 19, 2018	1	12
Issuance of Shares - Part IIB	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2005	February 21, 2019	N/A	5
Issuance of Shares - Part III	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2005	April 7, 2020	1	6
Management and Financial Rights of Partners	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2004	February 20, 2019	7	126
Ratification	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2004	March 8, 2019	7	64
Types of Securities	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2004	February 21, 2019	32	181