Convention & Educational Programs
Annual Conventions are the nearest thing to a spiritual experience in our business. It is an annual Revival Tent, providing time to recharge your batteries, reconnect with friends, and be inspired to better work in the next year. Wendell Sherk, St. Louis, MO
Member since 2001
NACBA's annual spring NACBA convention is the educational seminar of choice for consumer bankruptcy attorneys nationwide. Judges and nationally recognized speakers provide case law updates, practical tips on effective representation of clients, information on emerging trends nationwide, and in-depth discussions of topical issues. Over a thousand consumer bankruptcy attorneys each year improve their knowledge and skills and still have time to meet and learn from colleagues while obtaining valuable CLE credit.
Members-Only workshops provide the opportunity for in-depth learning on selected topics of interest to our members.
Save the date!
2010 MEMBERS-ONLY WORKSHOP: November 5-6, 2010
You will not want to miss this Members-Only event, being held at the spectacular Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort.
Sponsor/Exhibitor Packet (DOC)
19th ANNUAL CONVENTION AND CAPITOL HILL MEETING: April 13-17, 2011
For the first time in its history, NACBA will combine its annual Convention with the annual Capitol Hill Meeting. All events will be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Training for the Capitol Hill Meeting will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, followed by Member visits to Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 14. The Convention will take place Friday through Sunday, April 15-17.
18th Annual Convention Wrap-Up: San Francisco, CA
Close to 1,600 attendees joined in San Francisco for NACBA’s 18th Annual Convention last month. Featuring six Plenary sessions and twelve Breakout options, plus a full-day Paralegal Training session, this Convention offered participants a wide range of sessions on topics critical to the consumer bankruptcy attorney. The Convention wasn’t just about academics, however. Around 140 attendees participated in NACBA’s first-ever Winery Tour to the Mondavi and Trefethen wineries in Napa Valley, and over 200 participated in our Baseball Outing to San Francisco’s famed AT&T Park to watch the Giants defeat the Colorado Rockies.
See the 18th Annual Convention - San Francisco 2010 Photo Gallery!.
The keynote speaker at Friday’s luncheon was the Honorable Zoe Lofgren, a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 16th District since 1994 and the 2002 recipient of our Champion of Consumer Rights Award.
NACBA President Carey Ebert announced this year’s recipients of our “Champion of Consumer Rights” award, which was established in 1993 and is given annually to recognize and honor those individuals who have distinguished themselves through leadership, scholarship, or legal advocacy by giving voice to American families facing financial crisis. This year’s recipients were:
- U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (TN-9);
- U.S. Representative Bill Delahunt (MA-10);
- U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18); and
- U.S. Representative Brad Miller, North Carolina (NC-13).
- Professor Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, Boston College Law School;
- Assistant Professor Alan White, Valparaiso University School of Law;
- Professor Kenneth N. Klee, UCLA School of Law.
18th Annual Convention Materials now available for purchase
Materials from the San Francisco Convention are now available for purchase. There are a variety of formats:
- Audio tapes, available through partner Acts Recording;
- Written materials;
- CD or flashdrive;
- And for the first time, video recordings of some of the sessions.
Audio Recordings through Acts Recording
You can purchase audio recordings of all sessions from Acts Recording through their website.
Other materials purchase options
NACBA is offering the following materials through on-line purchase only. You may order on-line here.
2010 Capitol Hill Meeting and United States Supreme Court Swearing In
On Monday, January 26th, twenty-five members of NACBA were admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in conjunction with NACBA’s first-ever group admission ceremony. Chief Justice Roberts approved the nomination of each NACBA member by President Carey Ebert and welcomed them to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. The swearing-in ceremony, held in the Courtroom before seven of the justices, included the release by the Court of its opinions in Briscoe v. Virginia and Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York.
On January 26-27, more than 80 NACBA members and staff from twenty states convened in Washington DC for NACBA’s annual Capitol Hill Meeting. The two-day event offered a half-day of training, followed by a full day of meetings with members of Congress and their staff that were arranged by NACBA. In all, NACBA members and other participants attended over 120 meetings, where they focused on educating legislators about bankruptcy, cultivating relationships that will be beneficial as we move forward on our legislative agenda, and exploring the legislators’ interest in various proposals that are being considered. The unofficial slogan of the event was: “Bankruptcy is not a four letter word, but bank is.” Each attendee receives a $75 discount on their Convention registration. Thank you to the following members who attended:
17th Annual Convention Wrap-Up: Chicago, IL
NACBA's 17th Annual Convention has now come to a close. It was a record-sell out; the first Convention ever to sell out. There were other "firsts" as well as our first-ever Convention golf tournament, our first "overflow" rooms to accommodate additional attendees, a record number of sponsors and exhibitors (49), a first-ever session for paralegals, and two Convention entertainment sponsors, which brought us a show by the famed Second City Comedy troupe and a reception and boat rides down on the banks of the Chicago River.
Our Convention offered attendees nineteen different sessions, including: Secured Claims: Limitations And Opportunities; Profitably Combating Privacy & Discharge Violations; Advanced Taxes; Foreclosure Defense & Other Alternatives To Bankruptcy; Your First Peek At Chapter 7 & 13; Practice Do's And Don'ts: Preventing Fires Before They Start; and an FDCPA Bootcamp.
We also had a record number of Raffle give-aways. Here are a few of the prizes:
- Tucson 2009 Members-Only Workshop registration plus one night's stay at the JW Starr Pass
- 18th Annual Convention San Francisco Convention 2009 registration plus one night's stay:
- 9 Different Member-designed slogan t-shirts
- Cubs Tickets
- Hot-off-the presses copy of Bankruptcies and Money Disasters of the Rich and Famous (formerly known as They Went Broke)
See the 17th Annual Convention - Chicago 2009 Photo Gallery photos!.
The 18th Annual Convention will be held in San Francisco, CA, April 29 - May 2, 2010.
NACBA's Educational Programs
- 1993 - 1st Annual Convention: Asheville
- 1994 - 2nd Annual Convention: San Francisco
- 1995 - 3rd Annual Convention: Boston
- 1996 - 4th Annual Convention: San Antonio
- 1997 - 5th Annual Convention: San Diego
- 1998 - 6th Annual Convention: Miami Beach
- 1999 - 7th Annual Convention: San Francisco
- 2000 - 8th Annual Convention: San Antonio
- 2001 - 9th Annual Convention: Philadelphia
- 2002 - 10th Annual Convention: Las Vegas
- 2003 - 11th Annual Convention: New Orleans
- 2004 - 12th Annual Convention: Boston
- 2005 - Members-Only Workshop: Chicago
- 2005 - Members-Only Workshop: Orlando
- 2005 - 13th Annual Convention: San Diego
- 2006 - 14th Annual Convention: New Orleans
- 2007 - 15th Annual Convention: Philadelphia
- 2007 - Members-Only Workshop: Las Vegas
- 2008 - 16th Annual Convention: Hollywood
- 2008 - Members-Only Workshop: Hilton Head, SC
- 2009 - 17th Annual Convention: Chicago
- 2010 - 18th Annual Convention: San Francisco
- 2010 – Members-Only Workshop: Puerto Rico
- 2011 – 19th Annual Convention and Capitol Hill Meeting: Washington, DC
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