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Bernard TrujilloBernard Trujillo

Professor of Law
Bernard.Trujillo@valpo.edu
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Education

J.D., Yale Law School (1992); Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal
A.B., Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude (1988)

Courses Taught & Research Interests

Bankruptcy Law, Corporate Finance, Immigration Law, Mexican Migration to the United States, Self-organization, Chaos and Complex Systems as applied to Legal Systems, Quantitative Analysis of Legal Systems.

Scholarly Works

Immigration Reform, National Security After September 11, and the Future of North American Integration (with Kevin R. Johnson), 91 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 1369 (May 2007); reprinted in IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAW REVIEW (2008) (biennial collection of notable works on Immigration Law)

Regulating Bankruptcy Abuse: An Empirical Study of Consumer Exemptions Cases, 3 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES (a peer-reviewed journal published by Cornell University) (November 2006)

Patterns in a Complex System: An Empirical Study of Valuation in Business Bankruptcy Cases, 53 UCLA LAW REVIEW 357 (December 2005)

Self-Organizing Legal Systems: Precedent and Variation in Bankruptcy, 2004 UTAH LAW REVIEW 483 (August 2004)

Immigrant Visa Distribution: The Case of México, 2000 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 713, reprinted in IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAW REVIEW (2001) (biennial collection of notable works on Immigration Law)

Bankruptcy Reform: Who Should Decide Creditworthiness? CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Op-Ed, page 21) September 12, 1999

The Wisconsin Exemption Clause Debate of 1846: An Historical Perspective on the Regulation of Debt. 1998 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 747.

Professional Activities

Editor, Legal Scholarship Network (division of Social Science Research Network) "Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Abstracts"
Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bar of the District of Columbia
Hispanic National Bar Association; Amicus Curiae Committee (Member)
Law and Society Association

Previous Professional Experience

Faculty, University of Wisconsin Law School (1996-2007)
Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering [Washington, D.C.] (1993-1996)
Law Clerk to Judge Walter Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [Wilmington, Delaware] (1992-1993)

 

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