Spread the word! News Release Contact: John Good (703) 739-8962 [email protected] INAUGURAL CARE FINANCIAL LITERACY CONFERENCE TO DELIVER TOP-NOTCH TRAINING TO EDUCATORS, FINANCIAL LITERACY PROFESSIONALS AND BANKRUPTCY PRACTITIONERS July 30, 2014, Alexandria, Va. — American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces the inaugural CARE Financial Literacy Conference, September 11-13, 2014, at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. With informative and skill-building sessions divided into two specialized tracks — CARE (for financial literacy professionals, educators and CARE volunteers) and CLE (up to 8.75 hours of CLE/CPE credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics, for bankruptcy practitioners) — attendees can customize their learning experience. The conference programing will open with a keynote address by CARE Founder Hon. John C. Ninfo, II (W.D.N.Y.; Rochester). Franklin L. Broyles (Irving, Texas) and Holland “Holly” N. O’Neil of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (Dallas) are the co-chairs for the conference, and Bankruptcy Judge Barbara J. Houser (N.D. Tex.; Dallas) is the judicial chair. The CARE Financial Literacy Conference is presented in conjunction with title sponsor La Buena Vida Youth Leadership Foundation. Joint conference sessions include: • Legislative Update: Texas Education Agency’s Proposed Financial Literacy Education Requirements • Special Task Force Hearing: CARE for Our Troops • The Neuroscience of Debtors CARE track sessions include: • CARE Talk at Irving ISD Jack E. Singley Academy • Pomp and Circumstances: The Student Loan Crisis — Who Borrows, How Much, Delinquency and Default Trends • CARE Boot Camp: Basic Training for Financial Foot Soldiers • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Credit Cards (but Were Afraid to Ask) CLE track sessions include: • From Bad to Worse: Criminal and Civil Fraud • An Attorney’s Ethical Duty to Disclose Confidential Information to Creditors of an Insolvent Client (Op. 603 (2010), 74 Tex. B.J. 74 (2011)) — Did the Texas Ethics Committee Get It Right? • Bankruptcy Filings Under Obamacare: A Sickness or a Cure? • Judges’ Panel: “Your Honor, We Would Like to Know…” For a full list of session speakers, attendees, and optional events, and to register, please click here: abiworld.org/CARE14/schedule.html ###
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:02:59 +0000
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