Professor Allington

Spring 2000

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. -- Charles Dickens

• Syllabus - Information about the course, including outline of topics and reading assignments.

• Assignments - Weekly assignments are posted here.

• Discussion Forum - Online forum for students in the class. For information on how to join and use the forum, see Forum Help.

• American Bankruptcy Institute - Good source of information on current developments, such as legislative news. Links to Web sites for bankruptcy courts, including the Southern District of Indiana.
• Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Discussions - Transcripts of CLE-type discussions concerning bankruptcy and other debtor-creditor matters, by Professor Arnold B. Cohen, Villanova University School of Law.
• Bankruptcy Forms - View or print official bankruptcy forms. Requires Adobe Acrobat^® Reader.
• Bankruptcy Lawfinder - Links to statutes, rules, cases, and other resources.
• Consumer Credit Reports - Information on credit reports from the three national credit reporting agencies.
• Equifax - Sample Credit Profile
• Experian - Credit 101
• Trans Union
• Who Watches Your Credit? - Article about smaller, specialized credit watchers.
• Credit Repair Scams - A consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission.
• Dun & Bradstreet - Business credit information.
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees - Listings of assets for sale by bankruptcy trustees.
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys - Professional organization for debtor's attorneys.
• National Bankruptcy Review Commission - Commision created by Congress to review the Bankruptcy Code and recommend changes. Produced a 1,300 page report in 1997, which is available online.
• National Consumer Law Center - Advocate for low-income consumers. Source of legal practice manuals on consumer credit and sales.