Bryan W. Leach
The Unfinished Business of Bankruptcy Reform: A Proposal To Improve the Treatment of Support Creditors
115 Yale L.J. 247 (2005) Amid the controversy surrounding the recently enacted Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (2005 Act), few commentators have focused on the Act's provisions designed to enhance the protection of "support creditors"--a class of creditors consisting mostly of divorcées and single mothers who are owed child support, alimony, or other maintenance but whose...
Race as Mission Critical: The Occupational Need Rationale in Military Affirmative Action and Beyond
113 Yale L.J. 1093 (2004) In Grutter v. Bollinger, the much-anticipated case challenging affirmative action practices at the University of Michigan Law School, the Supreme Court held for the first time that "obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body" represents a compelling state interest. Adopting much of Justice Powell's analysis from the landmark Bakke case, the...