Walter D. Coles Professor of Law
Rafael I. Pardo is the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on bankruptcy, commercial law, courts and judges, and legal history. His scholarship has been published in numerous law journals, and he is the co-author of a textbook on secured transactions. His current book project, The Color of Bankruptcy: Financial Failure and Freedom in the Age of American Slavery (under contract with Columbia University Press), is a history of how antebellum federal bankruptcy law simultaneously suppressed and protected the freedom of Black Americans in a racially capitalist society. Professor Pardo received his JD from New York University School of Law, where he served as an executive editor of the New York University Law Review and was a recipient of the Judge John J. Galgay Fellowship in Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, an elected fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and has testified as a bankruptcy expert before both houses of Congress.
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About Rafael I. Pardo
Rafael I. Pardo is the Walter D. Coles Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on bankruptcy, commercial law, courts and judges, and legal history. His scholarship has been published in numerous law journals, and he is the co-author of a textbook on secured transactions. His current book project, The Color of Bankruptcy: Financial Failure and Freedom in the Age of American Slavery (under contract with Columbia University Press), is a history of how antebellum federal bankruptcy law simultaneously suppressed and protected the freedom of Black Americans in a racially capitalist society. Professor Pardo received his JD from New York University School of Law, where he served as an executive editor of the New York University Law Review and was a recipient of the Judge John J. Galgay Fellowship in Bankruptcy and Reorganization Law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, an elected fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and has testified as a bankruptcy expert before both houses of Congress.
| Present | Robert T. Thompson Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law | |
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| Associated Faculty Member, Emory University ‐ Department of History | ||
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Disciplines
Law and Legal History
Research Interests
Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Courts, Judges, Legal History
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Fellow, American Bar Foundation | Member, American Law Institute | Member, American Society for Legal History | Member, Business History Conference |
Honors and Awards
- Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, Emory University
- Pro Bono Faculty of the Year Award, University of Washington School of Law