Among Professor Peter Huang’s areas of interest—business law; derivative securities; and securities enforcement, litigation, and regulation—is a particular focus on the intersection of law and psychology, happiness, emotions, and subjective well-being.
Huang will present his most recent paper, “Achieving American Retirement Prosperity by Changing Americans’ Thinking About Retirement,” at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Behavioral Finance & Economics on Fri., September 23 in Las Vegas. In the paper, he analyzes how shifting Americans’ approach to thinking about retirement planning can impact their financial security, and posits that Americans with insufficient or ineffective retirement funds would benefit from incorporating a more mindful approach to retirement planning. He advocates that the American federal government should help Americans achieve retirement prosperity by educating them on how to think more effectively, mindfully, and societally about retirement planning. The paper recently received publication offers from the Law & Psychology Review; Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance; Journal of Law & Public Policy; and Loyola Consumer Law Review.
In August 2016, Huang co-organized a conference at Colorado Law entitled Mindfulness and Thriving Legal Practices, which brought together scholars and teachers from across the nation to explore the positive effects of mindfulness-based cognitive training, best practices for teaching mindfulness and emotional intelligence, and promoting well-being in the legal profession. He blogs about his work on the Stanford Law School’s new Law School Wellness Project, a joint effort among law professors and the greater legal community.