January 29, 2026 – “Looking Back to Look Ahead”
Do bankruptcy judges simply apply the Bankruptcy Code and Rules or do they sometimes make law that Congress later enacts or the Supreme Court by Rule later adopts? In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the NCBJ and its journal, join the ABLJ to hear “Looking Back to Look Ahead” at which one of our judges will discuss with a few bankruptcy scholars this “play in the joints” between Congress, the Supreme Court, and the bankruptcy courts.
Moderator: Hon. Judith Fitzgerald (ret.)
Speakers: Professors Skeel, Lubben, and Grohsgal
Additional Materials:
Thomas Small, Small Business Bankruptcy Cases
Dixon and Epstein, Where Did Chapter 13 Come From and Where Should it Go