The highly successful LL.M. in Bankruptcy program at St. John's School of Law offers more than two dozen specialized bankruptcy courses taught by leading practitioners, judges and academics. Our graduates practice with top firms and clerk for influential judges throughout the country. 

The Law School's extensive bankruptcy offerings include the Center for Bankruptcy Studies as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, the nation’ premier bankruptcy journal with a circulation of approximately 11,000. We are also home to the student-led Bankruptcy Law Society and the St. John’s Institute for Bankruptcy Policy. 

Each year, together with the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Law School sponsors the Hon. Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. This major student competition brings more than 50 teams to New York from law schools throughout the country to argue important current issues in bankruptcy law. The event culminates in a banquet attended by nearly 1000 leading practitioners, academics, prominent judges and students.