This year's National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges takes place in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel and Casino. The conference kicked off just one week after the horrific shootings here. Mass shootings represent a break down of the social contract. The law is intended to resolve disputes between people without the need for violence. Bankruptcy law deals with break downs of financial relations. It can involve such weighty matters as whether a company goes out of business or a family loses their home. It is an imperfect system. However, the terrible tragedy that occurred here is a reminder of the alternative to the rule of law. #VegasStrong.
The conference opened with Broken Bench TV, NCBJ's current events program anchored by Judge Bruce Harwell (Bankr. D. N.H.), Prof. (and candidate for Congress) Katherine Porter from the University of California Irvine School of Law and Prof. John Pottow from the University of Michigan School of Law. Last year, NCBJ opened with Broken Bench Radio. This year brought the conference into the 21st Century with a combination of highly produced video reports and live in-studio conversations.
