The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review is the
result of a partnership between St. John's University School of Law
and the American Bankruptcy Institute. The ABI is a
multi-disciplinary organization of over 11,000 bankruptcy and
insolvency professionals, including attorneys, judges, law
professors, accountants, investment bankers and turn-around
specialists.
The ABI Law Review is in its fifteenth year of
publication. It enjoyed immediate success and is widely regarded as
the nation's premier scholarly bankruptcy journal. The ABI Law
Review contains articles and student notes on "cutting edge"
issues of bankruptcy law and practice. At the request of the
American Bar Association, the ABI Law Review updated an
expanded version of its first issue for publication as a hard cover
book. The volume on single asset real estate transactions is
considered to be the foremost authority in this area and has been
offered for sale throughout the country. A second hard cover book
concerning fraud and ethics has been requested by the ABA and is
currently being worked on by the ABI Law Review.
In addition to its biannual publication, the ABI Law
Review helps organize and run the prestigious Judge
Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court
Competition, the only bankruptcy moot court competition in
the nation. The ABI Law Review is responsible for the
research and fact patterns that form the basis of the competitors'
arguments. Furthermore, student members prepare the bench
memo for all the competition judges, field two “ghost” teams that
litigate alongside the competitors, and serve as bailiffs in the
preliminary rounds.
As part of the ABI Law Review, student members are
highly encouraged to author notes on major bankruptcy issues
affecting various legal disciplines, as well as interact with ABI
leadership in the topic selection for each issue. Student editors
and staff have complete control over the editing process. All
issues leave St. John's University in final photo-ready form for
immediate and timely publication.
Members of the ABI Law Review have obtained successful
positions at leading law firms, government agencies, and as clerks
for highly recognized judges. Membership on the ABI Law
Review is offered to students who have attained a minimum
grade point average of 3.2 and successfully complete a writing
competition held at the end of first-year day and second-year
evening programs.
Members of the ABI Law Review also contribute to the ABI Bankruptcy Case Blog
where staff members provide current research on bankruptcy’s most
cutting edge cases and issues.