The Weinberg Center welcomed The Honorable Sam Glasscock III as its 2025 Weinberg Distinguished Speaker.
Following his recent retirement as Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the event recognized his two decades of distinguished judicial service. He served as Master in Chancery (now Magistrate) from 1999 to 2011 and as Vice Chancellor from 2011 to 2025.
April 17, 2025 | 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm ET | Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP | Rodney Square | Wilmington, Delaware
To facilitate the occasion, we were joined by two of Vice Chancellor Glasscock’s former clerks who were then practicing corporate lawyers in Wilmington: Ashleigh Herrin of Wilson Sonsini and Abraham Schneider of Bayard.
The conversation centered around the creation of corporate law through equity jurisprudence. Vice Chancellor Glasscock was well known as a consummate practitioner of the judicial craft, rendering equitable judgments that faithfully balanced the contending interests while drawing inspiration and offering illumination from art, literature, science, and other branches of knowledge.
This program was complimentary, but advance registration was required. Seating may have been limited and registrations were secured on a rolling basis. If you had questions, you were encouraged to email Nicole Rich: nrich@udel.edu
Recommended Reading
COMMENTARY
- Jennifer Kay, Judge Leaves Top Business Court Legacy of ‘Glasscockian Prose’, Bloomberg (August 26, 2024)
- Ryan Lindsay, A Presumption of Candor: Q&A With Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III, Delaware Lawyer (Fall 2024) (View the PDF)
- Ellen Bardash, Sam Glasscock III, ‘I’ve Had a Lot of Fun With Opinions’: A Look Back at 10 Quintessential Opening Lines From Vice Chancellor Glasscock, Delaware Business Court Insider (View the PDF) Reprinted with permission from the Delaware Business Court Insider. © 2025 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
SELECTED OPINIONS
- Teamsters Local 443 Health Servs. & Ins. Plan v. Chou (2020 Caremark case)
- In re Appraisal of AOL Inc. (2018)
- Asbestos Workers Local No. 42 Pension Fund v. Bammann (2015 Caremark case involving JP Morgan and the London Whale)
CURATED WIT AND WISDOM
- Our curated collection of erudite and illuminating allusions from V.C. Glasscock’s opinions (View the PDF).
Past Weinberg Center Distinguished Speakers Include
- Hon. Andre G. Bouchard
- Hon. William B. Chandler, III
- Prof. Lawrence A. Cunningham
- Mr. Ed Garden
- Hon. J. Travis Laster
- Mr. William P. Lauder
- Hon. Kathaleen St. J. McCormick
- Mr. William McNabb
- Ms. Indra Nooyi
- Mr. Ronald P. O’Hanley
- Hon. Collins J. Seitz, Jr.
- Hon. Myron T. Steele
- Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr.
- Mr. John W. White