2008 Scholarships and Grant Awards

ABI Scholarships

Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar, $25,000 (annual)

St. John's University LL.M. Scholarship, $15,000 (annual)

Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, $13,000 (annual prizes)

Corporate Restructuring Competition, $12,000 (annual prizes)

Corporate Restructuring Competition Faculty Stipend, $10,000 (annual)

Duberstein Moot Court Competition Faculty Stipend, $10,000 (annual)

TOTAL: $85,000 (Annually)

ABI Grants/Studies (in progress)

Coalition for Consumer Debtor Education (Dr. Richard Wiener and Prof. Susan Block-Lieb)
The study will compare the efficacy of credit counseling under BAPCPA with traditional counseling.
$17,500

University of Virginia/McIntire School of Commerce (Prof. David C. Smith)
The Endowment is funding an international research team examining claims trading in large Chapter 11 case. The study will document the extent to which ownership of claims changes hands and the impact that claims transfer has on the outcome in Chapter 11.
$ 36,900

Rise Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee (Dr. Phyllis Betts, Ph.D.)
Study of 1,000 bankruptcy filers in Memphis area to determine the profile, causes and consequences of consumer bankruptcies, in America's busiest bankruptcy district.
$21,000

Harvard Law School (Jeanne Charn, Sheryl Serreze)
Study of the impact of BAPCPA on ProBono, LowBono, ProSe and Petition Preparer filings.
$7,500

ABI Grants/Studies (Recently Completed)

Seton Hall University School of Law (Prof. Steven J. Lubben)
The Endowment Fund awarded a grant for a two-year study of professional fees in chapter 11 business bankruptcy cases. The final report, released in December 2007, provides the most comprehensive, independent look at fee practices.
$346,075

University of Miami Law School (Prof. William Widen)
Empirical study of the use of substantive consolidation in chapter 11 cases.
$ 22,000

Utah State University, Logan, Utah (Dr. Jean Lown, Ph. D.)
Financial and demographic study of serial bankruptcy filers in 10 bankruptcy districts to determine (a) incidence of serial filings pre-BAPCPA and (b) a predictive model of serial filers using logistic regression analysis.
$32,447