NCBJ 2026 Conference Written Materials

Wednesday, October 7:

NCBJ / ABI: Trial Skills Workshop

Thursday, October 8:

NCBJ: NCBJ Opening Plenary Session: 88 MPH to Confirmation: Landmark Cases That Changed the Ride
NCBJ: Bankruptcy Venue Strategy: Practice, Policy, and Pushback
NCBJ: Beyond Jurisdiction: When Bankruptcy Courts Decline to Adjudicate
NCBJ / FBA: Bankruptcy’s Most Wanted: Fraud and Bankruptcy
ABA: Serving Those Who Serve: Meeting the Needs of Service Members and Veterans in Financial Difficulties
ABA: Bad Boys of Bankruptcy Live, Again: Tales from the Crypt(o)
ABA: Luncheon Program: Reversing Across the Border: Reverse Vesting Transactions in Canada/U.S. Cross-Border Restructurings
ABI: Wreck-onciliation: Mediation Guardrails and the Risks of Veering Off
ABI: Chapter 15 as an Expansion Tool: Obtaining U.S. Relief Beyond the Bankruptcy Code Through Foreign Proceedings
AIRA: Luncheon Program: Preserving Value and Critical Lender Valuation Concerns
CLLA: Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Education Program: Truth or Consequences, The Bankruptcy Edition: Estoppel Is a Serious Issue; Ignore at Your Peril

Friday, October 9:

ABLJ: ABLJ Symposium:  Looking Back to Help Move the Law Forward
NCBJ: Let’s Make a (Subchapter V) Deal!
NCBJ: Feasibility in the 21st Century: LMEs, Chapter 22s, Future Claims, and Other Puzzles
NCBJ / ACB: Tension at the Border – It’s Not Just the Wall: Cross-Border Insolvency Bridges and Barriers between the United States and Mexico
NCBJ: The New Chapter 11 Playbook: Fulcrum Creditor Power and its Consequences
NCBJ: Privacy in an Open Forum: Managing Sensitive Information in Bankruptcy Cases
NCBJ: AI Use Cases for Bankruptcy Lawyers, Advisors and Judges: Real-World Demonstrations
ABA: Not-So-Endless Post-Confirmation Jurisdiction: Lessons from Recent Decisions
ABI / NCBJ: Joint Mock Trial: Smooth Sailing through Evidentiary Issues in Subchapter V Non-Dischargeability Trials
ABI: Views from the Bench: Rochelle Moderates the Cases and Trends Shaping Bankruptcy

Saturday, October 10:

NCBJ: Bankruptcy Shark Tank: Testing the Marketplace of Bankruptcy Ideas with an Expert Panel
NCBJ: Bankruptcy MythBusters: What We Think We Know-and What Is Actually Happening in Commercial and Consumer Cases
NCBJ: Judicial Roundtable
ABA: Liquidity Challenges in Chapter 11

ABA (CLE)

The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges is working with the American Bar Association for its accreditation processing. Questions regarding MCLE credit and/or certificates can be sent to mcle-ncbj@americanbar.org

AIRA (CPE)

Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.