Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
The University of North Dakota School of Law conferred the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) during a commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center in Grand Forks. Sixty-eight candidates completed the requirements for the degree of Juris Doctor. An additional five members of the Class of 2025 completed […]
Small Businesses Find Workaround Amid Bankruptcy Debt Limit Drop Bloomberg Law | Angélica Serrano-Román, Reporter Small businesses are revising strategies to meet a bankruptcy filing eligibility limit after a higher threshold expired last year, narrowing the pool of qualifiers for faster reorganization. After a temporary provision allowing Subchapter V bankruptcy filings for debts up to […]
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Professor Sickler’s article, Big Banks and Small Consequences in Chapter 13, has been selected as the winner in the American College of Consumer Financial Services’ Annual Writing Competition. Each year, the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers recognizes written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law. Professor Sickler’s paper, published in […]
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Original Post on Duke’s FinReg Blog, December 9, 2019 Courtesy of Alexandra Sickler and Kara Bruce Bankruptcy and consumer finance laws operate in independent silos. Many consumer advocates view bankruptcy as a remote and specialized field, while bankruptcy proponents tend to view bankruptcy as a complete and exhaustive system. Our forthcoming paper, Bankruptcy’s Adjunct Regulator (Florida Law Review), bridges these […]