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Susan Block-Lieb
Professor of Law


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Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
Email: sblocklieb@law.fordham.edu
Telephone: 212.636.6782
Fax: 212.636.6899
Office: Room 138
Office Hours: By Appointment Only

Professor Block-Lieb, the Cooper Family Chair of Urban Legal Studies, teaches bankruptcy, secured transactions, consumer protection, and other commercial law courses at Fordham Law School, including advanced courses on Corporate Reorganization in Bankruptcy and International Insolvency Law.  She is General Counsel and a member of the Board of Directors for the Coalition for Debtor Education, a member of the Board of Directors for Fordham University’s Center on International Policy Studies, and an inducted member of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, the American College of Bankruptcy and the International Insolvency Institute.  She chairs the ABA’s subcommittee on International Insolvency Law and is a delegate from the American Bar Association to UNCITRAL’s Insolvency Working Group.  Together Prof. Block-Lieb is the recipient of a 2002 New York State Bar Association President’s Pro Bono Service Attorney Award.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1982
  • University of Michigan, B.A., with honors, 1979

Comparison of World Bank, IMF and ADB Reports on Insolverncy Reform (PDF)

UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law: Matrix of Rule-Types (PDF)