COURSE NUMBER & NAME: 611 Bankruptcy Externship

CREDIT HOURS: Two (2) REQUIRED: no ELECTIVE: yes

PREREQUISITES (Required): Secured Transactions

PREREQUISITES (Advised): Debtor-Creditor

WHEN OFFERED: Fall and Spring semesters

SUBSTANTIVE COVERAGE AND OBJECTIVES OF COURSE:

Externship provides opportunity for students to learn bankruptcy law in a judicial context. Provides interaction with judges and opportunity to research bankruptcy issues and to draft memoranda and opinions.

RELATION TO OTHER OFFERINGS IN CURRICULUM:

Secured Transactions, Problems in Bankruptcy, Debtor-Creditor.

RELATION TO BAR EXAM SUBJECTS:

Secured Transactions.

RELATION TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Opportunity for judicial clerkships. Provides advantage to those interested in bankruptcy practice through intensive study of bankruptcy law.