Matthew Edwards

Assc Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Law

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: matthew.edwards@baruch.cuny.edu

Biography
Teaching
Research and Creative Activity
Grants
Honors and Awards
Service

Education

Admitted to Practice Law, New York State

J.D., Law, NYU School of Law

B.A., Political Science, SUNY- Binghamton

Semester	Course Prefix	Course Number	Course Name
Fall 2023	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2023	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2023	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2022	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2022	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2022	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2022	LAW	9800	Intensive Survey Law
Spring 2022	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2021	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Fall 2021	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Fall 2021	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2021	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2021	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2020	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2020	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2019	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2019	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2019	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2019	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2019	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2019	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2018	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2018	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2018	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2017	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Fall 2017	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Summer 2017	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2017	LAW	9201	Overview of Bus Law and Ethics
Spring 2017	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2017	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2016	BUS	4093H	Honors Special Topics in Bus
Fall 2016	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2016	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Spring 2016	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2015	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2015	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2015	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2014	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2014	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Spring 2014	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2014	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Fall 2013	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2013	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2013	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Spring 2013	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2012	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Spring 2012	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2012	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2011	LAW	9000	Leg & Eth Enviorn Of Bus
Fall 2011	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2011	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2011	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2011	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2010	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2010	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2010	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2010	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2010	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2009	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2009	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2009	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2008	LAW	9800	Intensive Survey Law
Fall 2008	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2008	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2008	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Fall 2007	LAW	9800	Intensive Survey Law
Fall 2007	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2007	LAW	4900	Law, Public Pol, Legal Theory
Spring 2007	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2006	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2006	LAW	9800	Intensive Survey Law
Spring 2006	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2005	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2005	LAW	9800	Intensive Survey Law
Spring 2005	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2004	LAW	3106	Law & Entrepreneurship
Fall 2004	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2004	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2004	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Fall 2003	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2003	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2003	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2003	LAW	3102	Law of Business Organizations
Spring 2003	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2003	LAW	1101	Fundamentals of Business Law

Journal Articles

(2023). Is a Burrito a Sandwich? Introducing Business Law Students to the Fundamentals of Legal Reasoning. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 40(1). 85-118.

Edwards, M. A. (2021). Fraud Against Financial Institutions: Judging Materiality Post-Escobar. William & Mary Business Law Review, 12. 621-684.

Edwards, M. (2020). The Concept and Federal Crime of Mortgage Fraud. American Criminal Law Review, 57. 57-107.

Edwards, M. (2020). Punishing Hope? Materiality and Immateriality in Federal Mortgage Fraud Cases under 18 U.S.C. § 1014. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, 22. 492-532.

(2014). The Virtue of Mandatory Disclosure. Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 28(No. 1). 47-77.

(2014). Teaching Consumer Price Discrimination: An Interdisciplinary Case Study for Business Law Students. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 31. 291-324.

(2009). “The Rebate ‘Rip-Off’: New York’s Legislative Responses to Common Consumer Rebate Complaints. Pace Law Review, 29(3). 471-478.

(2008). The FTC and New Paternalism. Administrative Law Review, 60. 323-370.

(2007). The Law Marketing and Behavioral Economics of Consumer Rebates . Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance , 12. pp. 362-423.

Edwards, M. (2006). Price and Prejudice: The Case Against Consumer Equality in the Information Age. Lewis and Clark law Review, 10. pp. 559-596.

Edwards, M. A. (2005). Empirical and Behavioral Critiques of Mandatory Disclosure: Socioeconomic and the Quest for the Truth in Lending. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy , 14. pp. 199-249.

Edwards, M. A. (2005). The Law and Social Norms of Pay Secrecy. Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Laws, 26. pp.41-63.

Edwards, M. A. (2002). Posner's Pragmatism and Payton Home Arrests. Washington Law Review, 77. pp. 299-395.

Edwards, M. A. (2001). Teaching Foreign LL.M. Students About U.S. Legal Scholarship. Journal of Legal Education, 51. pp. 520-532.

Book Chapters

Edwards, M. (2018). Legislating the Personal Virtue of Justice. In LeBar, M. (Ed.), Justice (pp. 261-290). New York, NY,USA. Oxford University Press.

Other Scholarly Works

Edwards, M. (2009). Legal Expressivism: A Primer.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1361101

Title	Funding Agency Sponsor	Start Date	End Date	Awarded Date	Total Funding	Status
THE VIRTUE OF DISCLOSURE: MANDATORY CONSUMER DISCLOSURE LAWS AND NEO-ARISTOTELIAN VIRTUE ETHICS	PSC-CUNY 38	07/01/2007	06/30/2008		4400	Completed

Honor / Award	Organization Sponsor	Date Received
Faculty Service Award	Bernard M. Baruch College Alumni Association	2011
Recognized at Baruch College's Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarships and Creative Achievement		2009
Recognized at Baruch College's Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarships and Creative Achievement		2008
Recognized at Baruch College's Fifth Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarships and Creative Achievement		2007
Recognized at Baruch College's Fourth Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarships and Creative Achievement		2006
Recipient of the Award for Teaching Excellence	Zicklin School of Business	2005
Recognized at Baruch College's First Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarships and Creative Achievement		2003
George P. Foulk Memorial Award for Outstanding Sincerity and Distinguished Scholarship	New York University School of Law	1993
Order of Coif	Phi Beta Kappa Equivalent for Law	1993
Phi Beta Kappa		1992
Honors Program in Political Science	SUNY Binghamton	1990

College

Committee Name	Position Role	End Date
Baruch College Faculty Senate	Senator	Present
Law and Policy Minor	Faculty Advisor	Present
Independent Units Personnel & Budget Committee	Committee Member	Present
Zicklin Online MBA Program	Faculty Director	Present
Department of Law Curriculum Committee	Committee Member	6/1/2022
Department of Law Executive Committee	Committee Member	6/1/2022
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee	Alternate	12/15/2019
New Evening MBA and MS Student Orientation	Department Representative	8/21/2019
Law Department Electives	Design Promotional materials	5/1/2019
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2018
Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee	Committee Chair	9/30/2017
TItle IX Disciplinary Sub-Committee	Committee Chair	9/30/2017
Business Ethics Steering Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2017
Hiring Team for Assistant Provost for Assessment, Accreditation, and Institutional Effectiveness	Committee Member	5/31/2017
Zicklin Executive Committee	Committee Chair	8/1/2014
Department of Law Faculty Scholarship Series	Coordinator	6/30/2014
Zicklin Executive Committee	Committee Member	10/15/2013
Zicklin Executive Committee	Committee Chair	8/1/2013
Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee	Committee Member	8/31/2011
Zicklin Executive Committee	Committee Member	8/1/2011
Baruch College Pre-Law Winter Institute	Instructor	1/10/2011
College for a Day Program	Instructor	10/22/2010
Faculty Case Study Seminar	Committee Member	8/31/2010
Graduate Committee on Assurance of Learning	Committee Chair	6/30/2010
Graduate Curriculum Committee	Attendee, Meeting	6/30/2010
Undergraduate Committee on Assurance of Learning	Attendee, Meeting	6/30/2010
College for a Day Program	Instructor	11/6/2009
Graduate Committee on Assurance of Learning	Committee Member	12/31/2008
Departmental Committee on Scholarship & Publication Policy	Committee Chair	12/31/2008
College for a Day Program	Instructor	11/7/2008
Committee on Law 3102 Exams	Committee Chair	12/15/2007
Law 1101 Listserve	Administrator	8/31/2007
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	8/13/2007
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	7/18/2007
College for a Day Program	Student Placement	5/4/2007
Law 3102	Drafted Law 3102 departmental final exams	4/30/2007
Law 1101	Drafted Law 1101 departmental final exam	4/30/2007
Tier III Minors Fair	Participant	3/22/2007
Tier III Minors Fair	Represented Department of Law	3/22/2007
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	3/16/2007
Law Department Tutorial programs	Designed Promotional materials	12/31/2006
Faculty Committee in Prizes, Scholarships, and Awards	Committee Member	12/31/2006
College for a Day Program	Instructure	11/17/2006
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	8/9/2006
Joint JD/MBA Program	Law Department Liason	6/30/2006
Department Committee to Evaluate Law 3102	Committee Member	6/30/2006
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	6/19/2006
College for a Day Program	Instructure	5/19/2006
Zicklin School of Business Electives Fair	Student Placement	5/3/2006
Departmental Committee on Scholarship & Publication Policy	Committee Member	4/30/2006
Faculty Committee in Prizes, Scholarships, and Awards	Committee Member	12/31/2005
College for a Day Program	Instructure	11/18/2005
Law 3102	Student Placement	10/31/2005
Law 1101	Conducted 1-2 Law 1101 review workshops per semester	10/31/2005
Law 1101 review/tutorial workshops	Organized and Coordinated	10/31/2005
Law 1101	Drafted Law 1101 departmental final exam	10/31/2005
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	8/3/2005
Law 1101	Drafted Law 1101 departmental final exam	4/30/2005
	Represented Department of Law at Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students	2/1/2005
Law 3102	Drafted Law 3102 departmental final exams	10/31/2004
Flex-Time MBA Student Orientation	Panel Member	8/21/2004
Law 3102	Drafted Law 3102 departmental final exams	4/30/2004
Law 1101	Drafted Law 1101 departmental final exam	4/30/2004
Wide Adoption	Reviewed online video for materials for possible department	12/31/2003
Law and Entrepreneurship	Responsible for Develepment of New Course Proposal	12/31/2003
Orientations for New ZSB Undergraduate Students on Seven Occasisons	Represented Department of Law	1/1/1970

University

Committee Name	Position Role	Start Date	End Date
University Faculty Senate	Senator	9/1/2011	5/31/2018

Public

Organization	Position Role	Organization State	Organization Country	Start Date	End Date	Audience
Academy of Legal Studies in Business					Present
The Ethics of Technology Based Delivery Models					Present
Tax Law and Choice of Business Entity					Present
Forming the New York Limited Liablity Company					Present
Accounting for Lawyers					Present
Corporate Misconduct: Who Should Pay?					Present
American Law and Economics Association					Present
Basics of Bankruptcy Practice					Present
Hot Topics in Ethics and Professional Responsiblity					Present
					Present
Are Ethics Standards for Government Lawyers Different?					Present
Forming and Advising Businesses					Present
Ethics and Prefessionalism					Present
Corporate Criminal Responsibilty					Present
New York County Lawyers Assocation					Present
New York State Bar Association					Present
Business Law Section of New York State Bar Association					Present