The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (ABI Law Review) is a law journal published by St. John's University School of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute. The American Bankruptcy Institute itself is a multi-disciplinary organization of over 12,000 bankruptcy and insolvency professionals, including attorneys, judges, law professors, accountants, investment bankers and turn-around specialists.[1]
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The ABI Law Review is a student run law review that was founded in 1993 by a group of St. John's University School of Law students. It has published two biannual issues every year since 1993. The ABI Law Review contains articles and student notes on issues of bankruptcy law. 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.[2]
In addition to its biannual publication, the ABI Law Review cosponsors the Judge Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, the only bankruptcy moot court competition in the United States, with the St. John's Moot Court Honor Society. Students in the bankruptcy LL.M. program at St. John's are responsible for the research and fact patterns that form the basis of the competitors' arguments. Furthermore, the ABI Law Review is responsible for preparing a bench memorandum for all the competition judges.
The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review is a student run publication. Articles are written by law professors and bankruptcy professionals and submitted for publications. Those selected for publication are edited and sourced by journal staff members and then proofed by the executive board prior to publication.
As part of the ABI Law Review, student members are encouraged to author notes on major bankruptcy issues affecting various legal disciplines, as well as interact with American Bankruptcy Institute 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 form for publication.
Members of the ABI Law Review contribute to the St John's Bankruptcy Research Library where staff members provide research on current issues in bankruptcy law.
Membership on the ABI Law Review is offered to students who have attained a minimum grade point average of 3.3 and successfully complete the St. John's University School of Law writing competition held at the end of first-year day and second-year evening programs.