Prof. Nancy Rapoport

NCBJ 2022: Post-Pandemic Ethics

10/27/22

Besides sweeping away the competition in ballroom dancing competitions and having been a law school dean at a young age, Prof. Nancy Rapoport is known as the teacher who can make ethics interesting.  She gave the keynote address for the Commercial Law League luncheon titled Brave New World--Ethics Issues That We Never Knew We Had. 

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A Cautionary Tale for Zoom Depositions

12/11/21

 By now, we have grown used to Zoom hearings, Zoom mediations and Zoom depositions. However, a case I heard discussed at the ABI Winter Leadership Conference points out that as ubiquitous as these technologically assisted interactions are, they can pose both challenges and perils to the unprepared. 

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NCBJ 2021: Jeopardy, the Broken Bench Edition

10/08/21

 The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges is back this year in Indianapolis with a hybrid format for in person and virtual attendees. About 750 in person attendees helped to prop up the local hospitality industry. Every year the conference kicks off with the Broken Bench presentation, an overview of hot issues in the bankruptcy world. This year's program was done in a Jeopardy format with host Chief Judge Pamela Pepper (E.D. Wis.). This was a fun presentation of bankruptcy trivia.

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NCBJ 2014: Ethics and Supreme Debate

10/12/14
Saturday concluded NCBJ with ethics and the Supreme Court review.   (There was also a program on scientific studies of mindfulness which I missed).
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