Miami bankrupts competition at Duberstein

The University of Miami School of Law topped 45 other teams at the 17th Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Memorial Moot Court Competition this past weekend. The University of Kansas School of Law finished second at the tournament, which is sponsored by St. John’s University School of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute. DePaul University College of Law and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law were semifinalists.

SMU was also awarded Best Brief, and Ashley H. Nader of Mississippi College School of Law was named Best Oral Advocate.

The competition handed out some impressive prizes, including $5,000 to the first-place team, $3,000 to the second-place team, $1,500 to the semifinalists, and $1,000 each to the best brief and best oral advocate. This year's problem was incredibly complex, dealing with the issues of credit derivatives, total return swaps, and substantive consolidation of bankruptcy estates.