28th Annual Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute

H. Roe Bartle Hall Convention Center

Kansas City, Missouri

October 3, 2008

Midwestern Consumer Forum

H. Roe Bartle Hall Convention Center

Kansas City, Missouri

October 3, 2008

Welcome

The Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute enjoys a well-earned reputation for CLE, featuring distinguished speakers on current developments. Now the UMKC School of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute are partnering to take the program to the next level. Please join us in Kansas City, Mo., at H. Roe Bartle Hall on October 3.

There’s something for everyone.  Plenary Sessions include:

• Case Law Update
• The ABI Landmark Fee Study: A Looking-forward Analysis
• The Great Debates – pitting litigators against Judges on timely issues
• The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Other Hot Topics in Bankruptcy Tax
• Judges’ Roundtable Featuring Judges of the 8th and 10th Circuits

The day will also feature Breakout workshops on these hot business topics:

• Business Ethics: Does Conflicts Counsel Solve the Problem? Reconciling a Practical Solution and State Ethics Rules
• Nonbankruptcy Business Alternatives
• ... And a special discounted Consumer Track that will feature breakout session specifically designed for consumer practitioners:

• Consumer Ethics: Balancing the Multiple Roles of Consumer Debtor’s Counsel under BAPCPA: Can You Be a Watchdog, Counselor and Advocate at the Same Time?
• Mortgage Claims in Chapter 13: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Plus networking opportunities, a luncheon presentation, trade exhibit hall, and a cocktail party to end the day off right.  Register today!