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ABI’S WEEKLY
PODCAST FEATURES INTERESTING GUESTS AND CONVERSATIONS ON
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MARCH 16, 2006,
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first in a series of podcast chats with ABI’s Resident Scholar,
Prof.
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World Web site available for free in both streaming media and MP3
formats.
The first podcast features a
conversation between Prof. Ayer and Richard B.
Levin of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, who talks
about his work as a scrivener of the 1978 Code and how bankruptcy has
changed since then. Upcoming guests include Judge Thomas Waldron (S.D.
Ohio) discussing the new law, David Yen, a legal aid lawyer in Chicago
who represents many indigent debtors and Robin Weiner, a Chapter 13
trustee from Florida.
ABI World provides listeners
the flexibility to enjoy the podcast from a computer or to download to
their digital audio player for listening on the go. A new podcast will
be available each week on ABI World featuring a prominent figure in
bankruptcy law with Prof. Ayer.
Prof. Ayer is ABI's current Robert M.
Zinman Resident Scholar, a program supported by the ABI Endowment Fund
named in honor of Prof. Robert M. Zinman, a former ABI president and
chair of ABI's Board of Directors. Each Zinman scholar is a leading
member of the academic community on leave from full-time teaching to
assist ABI in research and educational activities. Prof. Ayer, a former
bankruptcy judge, is a visiting professor this year at
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issues of business insolvency and on the ethics of lawyers. Before
becoming a lawyer, he was a newspaper reporter and a
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To access the weekly ABI World podcasts,
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