Turning the Microscope on Ourselves: Self Assessment by Bankruptcy Lawyers of Potential Conflicts of Interest in Columbus, Ohio

Nancy B. Rapoport, University of Houston Law Center (moving to Boyd School of Law, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, in summer 2007

Abstract

This article attempts to devise an appropriate instrument to determine whether bankruptcy lawyers in Columbus, Ohio are able to identify potential conflicts of interest in bankruptcy cases. Although the article is unable to develop an appropriate instrument, it does discuss why the survey method is not appropriate for this type of study.