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LAW STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN ABI'S
SECOND ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION
September 10, 2009, Alexandria, Va.- Students from
participating law schools are encouraged to submit a paper during the
period of Jan. 1 - March 1, 2010 for the Second Annual ABI
Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition. Sponsored by ABI's
Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, eligible submissions should focus on
current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation,
or evidence issues in bankruptcy cases or proceedings. The paper may
address business or consumer cases and may include matters such as
bankruptcy sales, plan confirmation and other topics that involve
jurisdiction, litigation or evidence in the bankruptcy courts. Students
must have their paper reviewed by a law professor prior to submission,
and a participating law school is any law school at which a law
professor agrees to review the student’s paper prior to submission
to ensure quality. Winners of the competition will be announced on May
1, 2010.
The first-place writer will receive $1,000 cash, publication of the
paper in the ABI Journal and a
one-year membership in ABI. The second-place writer will receive a cash
award of $750, publication of the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation
Committee's quarterly newsletter and a one-year membership in ABI. The
third-place writer will receive a cash award of $500, publication of the
paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee's quarterly newsletter
and a one-year membership in ABI. For more information, please go
to
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information.
Cullen Drescher of the William & Mary School of Law won
the inaugural competition earlier this year with her paper,
“Introducing the Foreign Gap Debtor: The Applicability of Code
Section 549 in Chapter 15 Cases.”
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>R. Travis Santos of Emory
University School of Law received second place for his “Credit
Default Swaps and Plan Confirmation” and
size='3'>Taejin Kim,
also from Emory University School of Law, received third place for her
paper “Limitation of Professional Compensation by the Bankruptcy
Court Under 11 U.S.C. §328.”
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization
dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased
analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than
12,300 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders,
turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a
forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional
information on ABI, visit
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conference information, visit
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