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ABI to Sponsor Bankruptcy Law Clerks to Attend Judicial Clerkship Institute

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ABI TO
SPONSOR BANKRUPTCY LAW CLERKS

TO ATTEND JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
INSTITUTE

 

November 27, 2007,
Alexandria, Va. —The American Bankruptcy Institute
(ABI) will be sponsoring 20 bankruptcy law clerks from around the
country to take part in the William Matthew Byrne, Jr., Judicial
Clerkship Institute program to be held at the Pepperdine University
School of Law from March 13 - 15, 2008. As the Judicial Clerkship
Institute aims to improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of judicial clerks, ABI has designed a breakout track
specifically for bankruptcy law clerks to help meet the needs of the
bankruptcy court. Law students or graduates who have been selected for a

clerkship with a federal, district, bankruptcy or appellate court judge,

are eligible to attend the Judicial Clerkship Institute.

“In consultation with
several of the most highly respected judges in the
w:st='on'>United
States, we identified the subjects that

new clerks most need to learn,” said Kenneth W. Starr, the Dean of

the Pepperdine School of Law.

The judicial faculty that will
be participating in the Judicial Clerkship Institute Program includes
esteemed members of the U.S. District, Appeals and Bankruptcy Courts.
The Bankruptcy Judges participating on the faculty include Thomas B.
Bennett (N.D. Ala.), Margaret Mahoney (S.D. Ala.), Steven
Rhodes (E.D. Mich.), Barry Russell (C.D. Calif.) and ABI
Chairman Wesley W. Steen (S.D. Texas). Faculty from the U.S.
District Court include Judges Carol Bagley Amon (
w:st='on'>E.D.
w:st='on'>N.Y.), Karon Owen Bowdre (N.D.
Ala.), Charles R. Breyer (N.D. Calif.) and Paul Friedman
(D. D.C.). U.S. Appeals Court Judges taking part include Diarmund F.
O’Scannlain (Ninth Circuit), Pamela Ann Rymer (Ninth
Circuit) and Sonia Sotomayer (Second Circuit).

For more information about the
Judicial Clerkship Institute, please visit
title='blocked::http://law.pepperdine.edu/jci'

href='http://law.pepperdine.edu/jci'>http://law.pepperdine.edu/jci.

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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 nearly 11,500 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 www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information,
visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html'>
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