bankruptcy court
case; and other papers used by King in the course of his scholarship.

title

Lawrence P. King Papers

creator

King, Lawrence P., 1929-2001

id

PU-L.NBA.001

repository

University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library

extent

35 linear feet (about 9000 items)

inclusive date

1952-2001

bulk date

1966-2001

abstract/scope/contents

As a teacher, scholar, lawyer, and consultant, Lawrence P. King (1929-2001) played an important role in the reform of bankruptcy
law from the 1960s to his death in 2001. King taught commercial and bankruptcy law at New York University Law School. He served
on a number of congressional commissions formed to analyze and reform bankruptcy law, including the Advisory Committee on
Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He gave speeches and participated in panels regarding bankruptcy
legislation for a number of seminars and educational programs. He was an active member of the National Bankruptcy Conference,
an organization oflawyers, judges, and professors dedicated to bankruptcy reform. He had leadership roles in National Bankruptcy
Conference committees, including the Committee on Legislation, where he was Chairman. He is well known as Editor of Collier
on Bankruptcy, a reference series that became the leading treatise on bankruptcy law during King's 40-year tenure. The collection,1952-2001,
includes personal and professional correspondence; reports, correspondence, and memoranda relating to King's participation
in the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules; congressional hearings and testimony by King and his colleagues; meeting minutes,
correspondence, and committee materials from the National Bankruptcy Conference, of which King was an active member; papers
relating to the New York University Advanced Workshop on Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization, which King created and taught;
seminar materials from the Federal Judicial Center, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Association of