Course Description

Current topics in bankruptcy law. For almost all class sessions, a leading practitioner, judge, trustee, journalist, academic, or other leader in the bankruptcy profession will join (typically via Zoom). Each invitee will be asked "to pick a problem currently on their desk.”

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students. Law students are professional students, not undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris Doctor courses.

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Athena Title

Bankruptcy Practice Seminar

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Prerequisite

Students must be enrolled in the School of Law to register for this course

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Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will understand basic bankruptcy and learn current leading issues that arise during various parts of the bankruptcy lifecycle in both business and consumer cases.
• Students will understand how to develop a corporate bankruptcy practice, consumer bankruptcy practice, and/or practice commercial law in other areas.

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Topical Outline

• Mass tort bankruptcies
• Texas two-step
• Eligibility for the relatively new small business reorganization sub-chapter of bankruptcy
• Fiduciary duty lawsuits in bankruptcy
• The inner workings of the U.S. Trustee Program

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