Members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy Discuss Student Loan Recommendations - Ep. 231

The latest ABI Podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy providing insights on the Commission's recommendations on student loans and bankruptcy, the first topic addressed in its Final Report. Prof. Robert M. Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law (Champaign, Ill.), the Commission's Reporter, hosts the discussion with Commissioners Prof. Dalié Jiménez of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, Prof. Bruce Markell of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (Chicago) and Edward C. Boltz, a partner at the Law Offices of John T. Orcutt, P.C. (Durham, N.C.). In addition to providing the background for how the Commission arrived at the recommendations, the Commissioners discuss how the recommendations could be considered by Congress and currently applied in the courts.