Bankruptcy Practioners Guide For The Central District
For those attorneys who are new to the area of bankruptcy law and who need to know how to get around in the Central District; here are ten (10) steps you can take to significantly improve your bankruptcy knowledge and practice.
- Join the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association and Read the list serv: As much as you can. I also create folders in my email account and distinguish them by the chapters so I can later reference them.
- Read Professor John Hayes Book, A Summary of Bankruptcy Law
- Buy Practice Guides from the National Consumer Law Center
- Sign up for the Bankruptcy Mastery Ecourse [FREE]
- Volunteer for Public Counsel and take their training Course [FREE] contact Marisa Hawkins at: mhawkins@publiccounsel.org
- Get Your Own Mentor and take them to Lunch! Be willing to volunteer to help your mentor, co-counsel with them, etc. Our experts are busy practicing law and have been so generous as to answer our newbie questions . . . lunch is a great way to get questions answered and build your network at the same time.
- Read Blogs from NACBA and join NACBA while you're at it.
- You Must Read the Local Bankruptcy Rules
- Attend all the MCLE programs put on by the CDCBAA, NACBA, OCBF, ABI, CEB, etc. that are in town.
- Volunteer your time to help improve our group because you care!
