Seventh Circuit

Joshua Livingston

University of Illinois College of Law

Champaign, IL

To qualify for this prestigious award, the students must be nominated by a professor or dean of their law school. The students undergo a rigorous evaluation process that includes interviews, submission of written materials, and a review of the candidate’s academic standing. The honorees are awarded an all-expenses paid trip to the College’s annual Induction Ceremony and Events on March 21-22, 2025 in Washington, DC. There, students have an opportunity to interact with many of the most distinguished bankruptcy practitioners and judges in the country. Many of the Distinguished Students honored by the College have gone on to make their own important contributions to bankruptcy law and practice.

Congratulations to the 2025 Distinguished Law and Business Students!

About the College: The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary public service association of insolvency professionals who are invited to join as Fellows based on a proven record of the highest standards of expertise, leadership, integrity, professionalism, scholarship, and service to the bankruptcy practice and to their communities.  Through its affiliated Foundation, the College provides grants to pro bono legal service programs, which fund projects that improve the quality of bankruptcy law and practice and access to justice. The College facilitates the effective domestic and cross-border application of bankruptcy and insolvency laws and the administration of justice in the courts through conducting professional educational programs, sponsoring the publication of scholarly reports, and maintaining the National Bankruptcy Archives. Underlying all of its work, the College is dedicated to enhancing professionalism, scholarship, and service in bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice, and to promoting excellence within the organization and across the insolvency profession.

For more information about the American College of Bankruptcy, or about the 2025 Distinguished Law and Business Students, please contact Executive Director CC Schnapp (ccschnapp@amercol.org).