The National Conference of
Bankruptcy Judges will soon be accepting applications for its Honorable
Cornelius Blackshear Presidential Fellowship for minority lawyers who practice
bankruptcy law. Click on the link below
for information about Judge Blackshear, the Fellowship criteria, the
application form and other information about the program: http://www.ncbj.org/?page=BlackshearFellowship.
Named after esteemed Bankruptcy
Judge Blackshear, now retired from the Southern District of New York, the fellowship
program provides both waived conference registration ($949 value) and a stipend
for reasonable travel/hotel expenses for five up-and-coming minority bankruptcy
practitioners (with less than 10 years of experience) who wish to attend the
annual meeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and who
otherwise meets the selection criteria.
This year’s conference will be held September
27 – 30, 2015 in Miami Beach at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. To view this year’s conference agenda, go to http://www.ncbjmeeting.org.
Judges
are encouraged to announce the availability of the Blackshear Presidential
Fellowship to your local bar and minority bar associations. Please consider asking the bar associations
to send a blast e-mail message to their members. If possible, please also have the
announcement posted on your court’s website to help advertise the Blackshear
Presidential Fellowship.
