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Image by Courtney Chrystal, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Is the financial reset system too difficult to navigate? In this “Student Voices” episode of Proof Over Precedent, HLS J.D. candidate Joe Liberman discusses the complexities and accessibility issues associated with “no-money-down” bankruptcy filings that often hurt the people who can least afford these particular filings.Closer scrutiny to legal fees associated with bankruptcy filings may help steer incentives toward the debtor rather than the attorney working with the filer.

Read the corresponding blog post.

Speakers:

• Joe Liberman, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School
• Andrew Reed, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

Resources mentioned:

• Chapter 7 – Bankruptcy Basics
• Chapter 13 – Bankruptcy Basics
• Lamie v. United States Trustee
• ‘Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health’, National Bureau of Economic Research
• ‘How the Bankruptcy System is Failing Black Americans’, ProPublica
• ‘No Money Down’ Bankruptcy, Southern California Law Review

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Proof Over Precedent cover art by Courtney Chrystal