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Founded in 1996, the Journal explores how we are classified, stratified, ignored, and singled out under the law because of our race, sex, gender, economic class, ability, sexual identity, and the multitude of labels applied to us. Identity is a matrix of experiences; when the law fails to recognize any one facet of our identity, both the law and the person lose invaluable dimension. Our challenge is to examine how we negotiate our identities, how the legal system negotiates them for us and how these negotiations affect our ability to attain justice.

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Alumni Spotlights

Meredith Rich-Chappell
Class of 2000

Meredith Rich-Chappell is an attorney at Lederer Weston Craig PLC in Cedar Rapids. Originally from Davenport, IA, Meredith received her Bachelor of Arts in History and her Bachelor of Science in Political Science. While at Iowa Law, she served as the Senior Technical Editor for The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.

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The Effect of Purdue on DIP Financing Without Nonconsensual Releases

Alan Julien,
Matthew Hansen
When a debtor files a Chapter 11 case, the process, also known as restructuring or reorganization, is intended to benefit three parties: the debtor, creditors and third parties. In the ideal scenario, the debtor is allowed to maintain its business and employees keep their jobs. The creditors receive payment for their claims against the debtor. Third parties, or non-debtors, are incoming creditors ready to provide the debtor with new financing to continue operations, benefitting from interest on principal in a “buy-low” market. However, this scheme becomes very complicated in the context of mass tort bankruptcies.

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