LAW-0029 Bankruptcy Moot Court Team
The Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court is a simulation course primarily experiential in nature coupled with a rigorous classroom instructional component. The course requires each student to complete a minimum two credits course work designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of substantive bankruptcy law in the context of researching, discussing, and analyzing a moot problem in order to prepare a written brief and represent a moot client in an appellate advocacy context. Learning outcomes include knowledge and understanding of bankruptcy substantive and procedural rules; legal analysis and legal reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral appellate advocacy communication skills; exercise of professional ethical responsibilities to clients and the bankruptcy judicial system; and coordination of effort in a small group to achieve enhanced outcomes for client advocacy. These outcomes are achieved through a simulation exercise designed around a substantive bankruptcy policy problem that is usually headed for resolution by the Supreme Court of the United States because of a substantial conflict among the federal circuit courts. The course is a "simulation" because it centers around a national bankruptcy issue that does not involve a real client but is otherwise nonetheless precisely the same experience as representing a client with the same problem. Each student's coursework will be directly supervised by Professor Bishop with ample opportunities for performance, faculty feedback, self-evaluation, and a rigorous classroom component. The classroom component is not merely a series of faculty supervised practices but also includes assignments, learning outcomes, and assessments by Professor Bishop similar to those expected in other classroom activities.