Ms. Kara J. Bruce

Prof. Kara J. Bruce is a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., where she teaches contracts, civil procedure, creditor/debtor law, business bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation skills, secured transactions and payment systems. Her research focuses on bankruptcy and commercial law, with particular emphasis on how the Bankruptcy Code and procedural rules are enforced. Prof. Bruce is a coauthor of the forthcoming Sixth Edition of the Law of Bankruptcy hornbook. She also coauthored the Fifth and Sixth Editions of Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, and she is a contributing author to the Bankruptcy Law Letter, a member of the editorial advisory board for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, and a former ABI Robert M. Zinman Scholar in Residence. Previously, Prof. Bruce was a professor of law at the University of Toledo College of Law and an associate in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP in Chicago. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her J.D. from Tulane Law School.