Students will be divided into groups and assigned one of three roles -- debtor's counsel, secured bank's counsel, and unsecured creditor's counsel. You will be assigned a complex corporate reorganization problem and will be expected to negotiate and/or litigate a plan of reorganization with the other members of your group. Each student will be expected to prepare approximately forty pages of legal documents. Required written work will include an initial strategy memorandum, a plan of reorganization and confirmation briefs either in support of or in opposition to your group's plan, and a brief post-mortem memorandum reflecting on the plan process within your group. Oral argument at a mock confirmation hearing is also required. Classroom sessions will focus on advanced topics in bankruptcy laws that relate to the reorganization problem and strategic considerations in the plan process.
Method of evaluation: There will be no final examination. I will grade the written work for its technical merit. Final grades will be based primarily on this assessment of the written work and secondarily on my subjective assessment of how well each student has advanced his or her client's interest in the plan process.
Law 248 - Bankruptcy is recommended but not required.
Note: This course will be offered every other year, thus, will not be offered in the 2006-07 academic year.