Summer Chandler

Biography

Professor Chandler joined the Law Center faculty in 2021.  Prior to joining the Law Center faculty, she served as a visiting assistant professor at Southern University Law Center.  She also served as an assistant professor at Concordia University School of Law.  Prior to joining Concordia University School of Law, she was as a visiting assistant professor at the Georgia State University College of Law.  She brings a wealth of practice experience to her teaching.  Prior to joining the academy, Professor Chandler practiced for fifteen years in large national and international law firms, focusing her practice on business bankruptcy, commercial real estate related litigation and transactions, and other business transactions and disputes.

Professor Chandler’s research interests are in the areas of bankruptcy and legal ethics.  She teaches business and commercial law courses.  Professor Chandler is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.  She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina – Asheville.

Courses Taught

• Bankruptcy
• Business Associations I
• Contracts
• Payment Systems

Selected Publications

Books

Intellectual Property Licenses as Executory Contracts, in Choppy Waters: Navigating the Intersection of Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property (American Bankruptcy Institute, forthcoming summer 2021) (editor and contributing author).

Fraudulent Transfer Litigation, in Georgia Business Litigation. (Ed. Robert C. Port.  New York: ALM Media Properties, LLC 2013) (co-author) (updated annually).

Articles

Liking, Linking, and Tweeting: Mental Health, Mentoring, and Professional Responsibility in the Age of Social Media, 89 Mo. L. Rev.                    (2024).

Sales Free and Clear of an Intellectual Property Licensee’s Interests in Bankruptcy –– Looking to In Re Tempnology for Guidance, 15 DREXEL L. REV. 271 (2023).

An Economic Unit Approach to Evaluating the Payment of Undergraduate Educational Expenses as Fraudulent Transfers, 44 Vt. L. Rev. 553 (2020).

Selected Presentations

Moderator, Judges’ Panel, LSU Law Center 29th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 3, 2023.

"Business Organizations - 2023 Recent Developments in Legislation & Jurisprudence," LSU Law Center Of Continuing Professional Development, October 12, 2023.

"The Honest But Unfortunate Debtor: Victims and Villains in Bankruptcy," 9th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, July 28, 2023.

"Bankruptcy by Proxy," Bayou Scholars Workshop, May 18, 2023.

"The Proxy Debtor," invited presentation to the faculty at the University of Arkansas, March 9, 2023.

Moderator, Judges’ Panel, LSU Law Center 28th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 10, 2022.

"Tricky Terrain: Navigating Through Ethical Dilemmas in Consumer Bankruptcy," LSU Law Center 28th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 10, 2022.

"Medical Marijuana in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases," The Next Article at the SEALS Annual Conference 2022, July 28, 2022.

"Beyond LinkedIn, Likes and Tweets: Civility, Competency, and Mental Health in the Age of Social Media," Law and Technology New Scholars Workshop at the SEALS Annual Conference 2022, July 28, 2022.

“When Mediation Gets Messy – Ethical Dilemmas,” American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40th Annual Spring Meeting, April 20, 2021.

“Tuition Payments as Fraudulent Transfers,” South Carolina Bankruptcy Bar Association (April 15, 2021).

“Representative Government – Voting and Beyond,” Southern University Law Center (October 23, 2020).

“Implicit Bias,” 2020 Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, (June 4, 2020).

“Social Butterflies Beware: Ethical Issues Relating to the Use of Social Media,” American Bankruptcy Institute Webinar, November 12, 2019.

“Section 365: IP & Bankruptcy,” The 2019 Bankruptcy Institute of the Bankruptcy Section of Minnesota Continuing Legal Education and the Minnesota State Bar Association, October 3, 2019.

“Technology and a New Generation: How Progress Affects Professional Responsibility,” 2019 Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting, July 26, 2019.

“Implicit Bias,” 2019 Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, April 5, 2019.

“The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property,” American Bankruptcy Institute Webinar, January 16, 2019.