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Widener Law recently marked the 30th anniversary of its popular Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law. The breakfast event, held at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, annually draws practitioners, distinguished members of the judiciary, business law journalists and more to hear from leading scholars, practitioners and jurists.<br><br>The 2014 speaker, Brian R. Cheffins, the S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law at Cambridge University, spoke about “Delaware and the Development of Corporate Governance.” <br><br>“Our relationship with the Delaware bar is profoundly important to the law school so I am truly indebted to the Pileggi family for its sponsorship of this event,” Interim Dean <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/DalyErin.aspx">Erin Daly</a> said. <br><br>Daly noted Cheffins was the lecture’s first speaker from a foreign school, which reflects the impact Delaware law is having throughout the world.<br><br>“As the world gets smaller, the importance of Delaware corporate law is getting significantly larger day by day. And Widener is very proud to be a part of that development,” she said.<br><br>Cheffins assessed Delaware’s contributions to a corporate governance transformation that U.S. public companies have experienced over the last 40 years. In addition to speaking at the hotel, he gave an encore version of the lecture for students in Polishook Hall on the Delaware campus.<br><br>The event was organized by the <a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/DelawareJournalofCorporateLaw.aspx">Delaware Journal of Corporate Law</a>. It is made possible by the generosity of Francis G. Pileggi, a founding attorney of Pileggi &amp; Pileggi and father of Widener Law alumnus Francis G.X. Pileggi, who conceived of the idea through a desire to create a corporate law forum for practitioners, judges and academics.