Nancy B. Rapoport

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Gordon Silver Professor of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
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Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Expertise

Bankruptcy ethics (behavior of bankruptcy lawyers)
Corporate board ethics
Law, ethics & popular culture

Honors & Awards

Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow, American Bar Foundation

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Articles

Academic Freedom and Academic Responsibility, Green Bag 2d (2010)

Debtor Counsel’s Fiduciary Duty: Is There a Duty to Rat in Chapter 11? (with C.R. "Chip" Bowles), American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2010)

Is the Attorney-Client Privilege Under Attack? (with Jennifer Gross), GP | Solo Magazine (2010)

Rethinking Fees in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, Journal of Business & Technology Law (2010)

Through Gritted Teeth and Clenched Jaw: Court-Initiated Sanctions Opinions in Bankruptcy Courts, St. Mary's Law Journal (2010)

Where Have All the (Legal) Stories Gone?, M/E Insights (2009)

The Corporate Lawyer's Role in a Contemporary Democracy (with Colin P. Marks), Fordham Law Review (2009)

Lessons From Enron—And Why We Don’t Learn From Them, COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW (2009)

Restructuring the Misperception of Lawyers: Another Task for Bankruptcy Professionals (with Eric Van Horn), American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2009)

The real reason why businesses make bad decisions, Bus. Law Today (2009)

(Almost) Everything We Learned about Pleasing Bankruptcy Judges, We Learned in Kindergarten, ABI Journal (2008)

Bankruptcy Pro Bono Representation of Consumers: The Seven Deadly Sins, Houston Bar Journal (2007)

Not Quite "Them", Not Quite "Us": Why it's Difficult for Former Deans to Go Home Again , University of Toledo Law Review (2007)

The Curious Incident of the Law Firm that Did Nothing in the Night-Time (Reviewing Milton C. Regan, Jr., Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer [Univ. of Michigan Press, 2004]), Legal Ethics (2007)

Eating Our Cake and Having It, Too: Why Real Change Is So Difficult in Law Schools, Indiana Law Journal (2006)

Decanal Haiku, University of Toledo Law Review (2005)

Enron and the New Disinterestedness - The Foxes are Guarding the Henhouse, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (2005)

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law, Texas Tech Law Review (2004)

Enron, Titanic, and The Perfect Storm, Fordham Law Review (2003)

"Venn" and the Art of Shared Governance, University of Toledo Law Review (2003)

Retail Choice is Coming: Have You Hugged Your Utilities Lawyer Today? (Part II) (with Jeffrey D. Van Niel), Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2002)

"Retail Choice" Is Coming: Have You Hugged Your Utilities Lawyer Today? (Part I) (with Jeffrey D. Van Niel), Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2002)

Is "Thinking Like a Lawyer" Really What We Want to Teach?, Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (2002)

The Intractable Problem of Bankruptcy Ethics: Square Peg, Round Hole, Hofstra Law Review (2002)

Of Cat-Herders, Conductors, Tour Guides, and Fearless Leaders, University of Toledo Law Review (2001)

Presidential Ethics: Does a Law Degree Make a Difference?, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2001)

Dressed for Excess: How Hollywood Affects the Professional Behavior of Lawyers, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy (2000)

Going from "Us" to "Them" in Sixty Seconds, University of Toledo Law Review (2000)

Living "Top-Down" in a "Bottom-Up" World: Musings on the Relationship Between Jewish Ethics and Legal Ethics, Nebraska Law Review (1999)

Ratings, Not Rankings: Why U.S. News & World Report Shouldn't Want to Be Compared to Time and Newsweek - or The New Yorker, Ohio State Law Journal (1999)

The Need For New Bankruptcy Ethics Rules: How Can “One Size Fits All” Fit Anybody?, The Professional Lawyer (1998)

Our House, Our Rules: The Need for a Uniform Code of Bankruptcy Conduct, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (1998)

Ethics: Is Disinterestedness Still a Viable Concept? A Discussion (with John D. Ayer, Joel Pelofsky, Bettina M. Whyte, and Charles N. Clevert), American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (1997)

Has the DIP's Attorney Become the Ultimate Creditors' Lawyer in Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases? (with C. R. Bowles), American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (1997)

Turning the Microscope on Ourselves: Self Assessment by Bankruptcy Lawyers of Potential Conflicts of Interest in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Law Journal (1997)

Avoiding Judicial Wrath: The Ten Commandments for Bankruptcy Practitioners, Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice (1996)

Seeing the Forest and The Trees: The Proper Role of the Bankruptcy Attorney, Indiana Law Journal (1995)

Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre: The Problem of Potential Conflicts of Interest in Bankruptcy, Connecticut Law Review (1994)

Books

LAW SCHOOL SURVIVAL MANUAL: FROM LSAT TO BAR EXAM (with Jeffrey D. Van Niel) (2010)

Enron and Other Corporate Fiascos: The Corporate Scandal Reader, 2d (with Jeffrey D. Van Niel and Bala G. Dharan) (2009)

Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (with Bala G. Dharan) (2004)

Contributions to Books

Swimming with Shark, LAWYERS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! LAW ON TELEVISION (2009)

Swimming with Shark (with Michael Asimow), LAWYERS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM: LAW ON THE SMALL SCREEN (2008)

Reflections of a Former Dean, INSIDE THE MINDS: LAW SCHOOL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES (2007)

Lord of the Flies (1963): The Development of Rules Within an Adolescent Culture, Screening Justice—The Cinema of Law: Fifty Significant Films of Law Order and Social Justice (2006)

Bankruptcy Ethics Issues for Solos and Small Firms, Attorney Liability in Bankruptcy (2006)

Acknowledgements and Introduction (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Skilling: How Enron's Public Image Morphed From the Most Innovative Company in the Fortune 500 to the Most Notorious Company Ever (with Jeffrey D. Van Niel), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Enron and Ethics (introduction to chapter 4 of Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications) (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Enron and the Business World (introduction to chapter 2 of Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications) (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Enron and the Legal Environment (introduction to chapter 3 of Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications) (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Enron in Perspective (introduction to chapter 1 of Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications) (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Enron, Titanic, and The Perfect Storm (Enron book version), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Lessons for Society (introduction to chapter 5 of Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications) (with Bala G. Dharan), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004)

Unpublished Papers

Changing the Modal Law School: Rethinking U.S. Legal Education in (Most) Schools, ExpressO (2012)