Law School Committee Meeting Minutes
2002 Annual Spring Meeting
A. ABI Law Review
1. Next issue, Spring
2002, on international insolvencies;
2. Winter 2002 will be an open issue; and
3. Spring 2002 may cover Enron/corporate governance-type
issues.
B. Duberstein Moot Court
Competition
1. Reviewed results of
2002 Competition;
2. Discussed topics for 2003 Competition;
3. Reviewed success of 2001 with Houston law school initiative.Three
teams sent to competition for the first time; and
4. Discussed targeting Chicago law schools for 2003.
C. American Association of
Law Schools (AALS) Initiative
1. Reviewed results of
2002 AALS reception sponsored by ABI;
2. Planned reception for 2003; and
3. Agreed that Law School Committee should continue to bring to the
attention of law professors:
a. ABI Law Review;
b. Duberstein Moot Court;
c. ABI Scholar in Residence Program; and
d. ABI Endowment Grants.
1999 Winter Leadership
Conference
The Law School Committee
discussed the Moot Court Competition scheduled for 2000, including the
number of schools participating, topics to be covered and the judges
participating in the final round. The committee also discussed the next
issue of the Law Journal on Health Care and the following open
issue. The possibility of an international issue was reviewed. Finally,
the committee considered an initiative to involve more bankruptcy
professors in the work of committee and the possibility of meeting at
the American Association of Law Schools.
1999 Annual Spring Meeting
The committee discussed
the spring issue of the ABI Law Review, which is focused on
consumer bankruptcy topics. Future law reviews were planned to include
an open issue and topical issues such as health care and an
international subjects. The Duberstein Moot Court Competition was also
discussed, and suggestions were made on ways to improve and expand the
competition.
1998 Winter Leadership
Conference
The committee discussed
the status of the 1999 Duberstein National Moot Court Competition. More
than 20 teams are expected to participate in the competition. The
upcoming issues of the ABI Law Review were also discussed and
will include consumer bankruptcy and possibly health care topics.
Appreciation was expressed for the West Group's support of the Law
Review.
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