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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Bankruptcy ethics

(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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Bankruptcy law

(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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

Corporate ethics

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Enron

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

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

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

General corporate law

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

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

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 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)

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

Higher education administration

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Indiana U School of Law Symposium on the Next Generation of Law School Rankings

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

Jewish ethics

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

Law and popular culture

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Law and social science

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

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)

Legal education

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

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

Acknowledgements and Introduction (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)

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

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

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)

Professional responsibility generally

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Ranking law schools

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

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

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

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)

Shared governance

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Strategic planning in higher education

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

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

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

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

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

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)

University of Toledo Law Deans' Symposium Papers

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

Decanal Haiku, University of Toledo Law Review (2005)

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

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

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

Utilities regulation

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)