Bankruptcy

KU Law Professor Stephen Ware 

I began teaching Bankruptcy in 1998 and have written several law review articles on various aspects of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law.

KU Law’s Course Description for Law 889, Bankruptcy, is: 

This survey of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law covers topics such as:  Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code and enforcement of money judgments outside of bankruptcy.  Prerequisites:  Commercial Law:  Secured Transactions; and Business Organizations.

Spring 2026 Bankruptcy Class syllabus    

Kansas Supreme Court case Hall v Ford Motor Credit Co LLC (pdf)

LTL 2023 case

LTL 2024 case  

Wall St J article on Ch 11 venue shopping in Houston 

Purdue Pharma case 

Petro Co problem (pdf)

Professor Stephen Ware’s Spring 2020 Bankruptcy exam (pdf)