Event Details

When:

Time: 8 am–5 pm

Location: University of Saskatchewan College of Law, 15 Campus Drive, Saskatoon SK

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About the conference:

Consumer credit markets have long created challenges for lawyers and policymakers. Regulators have tried many tools, including disclosure and price caps, aimed at striking an appropriate balance between providing broad access to credit and making it affordable and safe. As overall debt loads rise and consumer debt is increasingly used to finance everyday expenses, these challenges are as pressing as ever.

This one-day Symposium will bring creative, interdisciplinary approaches to identifying both emerging challenges and potential solutions to the regulation, resolution and prevention of consumer debt. The Symposium’s format is intended to encourage productive conversation.

Consumer debt intersects with multiple areas of law and policy, including banking and financial regulation, bankruptcy, consumer protection, employment and financial literacy. Symposium speakers will bring their diverse areas of expertise – legal, economic and beyond – to examine how law can exacerbate issues related to consumer debt and how it can offer solutions.

 

Keynote: Usury Law and Economic Populism

Speaker: Christopher L. Peterson, John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law 

 

Registration: 

https://EsteyMay2026.eventbrite.ca

There is no cost to attend however, you must register to attend. Lunch & refreshments will be provided for all in person attendees.

Virtual attendance will be available for those who request it; however, we encourage in‑person attendance whenever possible. The purpose of the Symposium is to encourage interactive dialogue and shared learning.

Contact

Katie Richard, USask Law Alumni Relations and Events Coordinator