Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Alan M. White

Assistant Professor of Law
Alan.White@valpo.edu
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Education

J.D., New York University School of Law (1983)
B.S., Massachussets Institute of Technology (1979)

Courses Taught & Research Interests

Bankruptcy, Comparative Law, Consumer Law, Contracts, Sales and Payment Systems

Scholarly Works

Behavior and Contract, Valparaiso University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-02

Risk-Based Pricing:  Present and Future Research, 15 Housing Policy Debate 503 (2004)

Surendettement Proceedings in French Law and Consumer Bankruptcy in the United States:  The Social-Democratic and Free Market Approaches to Excessive Debt in Advanced Capitalist Consumer Economies, in Risk and Choice in Consumer Society, Ramsay, et. al., ed. (Sakkoulas Publishing 2007).

Literacy and Contract, 13 Stanford Law & Policy Review 233 (2002) (with Cathy Lesser Mansfield)

New Relief for Trade School Victims: Discharging Student Loans Based on False Certification of Ability to Benefit, 29 Clearinghouse Review 1128 (April, 1996)

Gentrification, Tipping and the National Housing Policy, 11 N.Y.U. Rev. of Law & Soc. Change 255 (1982-83)

Contributing author, Carter, ed., Pennsylvania Consumer Law (Bisel 2006)

Contributing author, National Consumer Law Center, Student Loan Law (2001)

Contributing author, Truth in Lending (4th ed. 1999); Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice (6th ed. 2001).

Distinctions & Awards

National Association of Consumer Advocates Consumer Attorney of the Year (2004)
William Miller award for Scholarship in Municipal Law
Editor in Chief, N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change
Undergraduate Research Grant awarded from M.I.T. and Massachusetts legislature to study drug addiction treatment programs and access of former addicts to employment and training.

Professional Activities

Currently serving three-year term as member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors Consumer Advisory Council
Member, American Law Institute
Consumer Fellow, American Bar Association Business Law Section, UCC Committee
Member, Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Real Property Law
Member, Pennsylvania Banking Department Advisory Committee on Mortgage Foreclosures
Former co-chair and member of the Education Committee of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference
Member, Advisory Council to Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission (2004)
Consumer representative in U.S. Education Department negotiated rulemaking proceedings under Higher Education Act in 1994, 2000 and 2002.
Testified before Federal Reserve Board (2000 hearings on the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act)
Testified before the Predatory Lending Task Force of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Treasury (2000)
Testified before the Bankruptcy Reform Commission.

Previous Professional Experience

Supervising Attorney, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia PA (1983-2007)
Adjunct Professor, Temple University School of Law (2003-2007)
Adjunct Professor, Drake Law School (2001-2002)
Fellow and Consultant, National Consumer Law Center, Boston MA (2000-2003)

 

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