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PROFESSOR
LOIS LUPICA TO SERVE AS ABI RESIDENT SCHOLAR FOR SPRING 2007
SEMESTER
size='3'>January 8, 2007, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— Prof.
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for Faculty Development and Professor of Law at the University of Maine
School of Law, will serve as the Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar
for the Spring 2007 semester. Prof. Lupica will serve in ABI's
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January to June, assisting ABI with its educational programming and in
its role as the authoritative source of bankruptcy information for the
Congress, media and public.
Prof. Lupica’s work
focuses on corporate bankruptcy, consumer finance, securitization,
property and contract theory, intellectual property in commerce, secured
transactions and legal ethics. She is the reporter for the state
of
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is currently writing a consumer finance book,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>The Language of Money,
size='3'>with Karen Gross, a former bankruptcy professor and now
president of Southern Vermont College.
A member of
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faculty since 1995, Prof. Lupica teaches courses focused on secured
transactions, bankruptcy, negotiation and legal ethics. She is the
immediate-past chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section
on Debtor & Creditors’ Rights, a member of the Board of
Directors of Community Housing of Maine and a member of the Board of
Directors of the
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Maine Bioethics Center
size='3'>. Prior to her teaching career, Prof. Lupica worked from
1988-92 as an associate in the Business Practice Group of Arnold &
Porter and is a member of the New York State Bar. She was the
2004
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size='3'>School
size='3'>recipient of the Faculty Senate Award for Excellence in
Scholarship and received Honorable Mention in the 2005
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Professionalism.
size='3'> Prof. Lupica received her J.D.
from
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face='Times New Roman' size='3'>University
size='3'>in 1987 and her B.S. from
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1981.
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