LEGL 2350 Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights

3 Credit Hour(s)

Students are introduced to bankruptcy procedures with emphasis on paralegal tasks. This course covers the study of bankruptcy procedures and includes the initial filing, meetings of creditors, adversarial proceedings and final discharge hearings, automatic stay, adequate protection, and proceedings under Chapters 7, 11, and 13. Students also study the debtor’s obligations and rights, secured and unsecured creditors’ priorities, preferences and fraudulent transfers, and the bankruptcy court rules. Students identify assets and liabilities and prepare various bankruptcy forms.

Prerequisite(s): LEGL 1300 and LEGL 1320 with a “C” or better