Kara Bruce

Education

B.A., University of North Carolina

J.D., Tulane University School of Law

About

Professor Kara Bruce joined OU Law in 2022.  She is an affiliate faculty member at the OU College of Business. Her research focuses on bankruptcy law and procedure, with particular emphasis on enforcement issues in consumer bankruptcy cases.

Professor Bruce is a contributing editor to the Bankruptcy Law Letter and coauthor of Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions (5th Ed., with Stephen Sepinuck).  She is also a coauthor of the forthcoming edition of the Law of Bankruptcy (with Charles Tabb and Laura Coordes).  Professor Bruce has served as the Robert M. Zinman Scholar in Residence at the American Bankruptcy Institute in Arlington, Virginia. 

Professor Bruce is a dedicated classroom teacher. She has won the University of Toledo’s Outstanding Teacher Award, the University of Toledo College of Law’s Outstanding Professor Award (selected by the graduating class), and the Beth Eisler Teaching Award (selected by the first-year class).

Before joining the faculty, Professor Bruce was a faculty member at the University of Toledo College of Law.  She also worked as an attorney in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP in Chicago, Illinois and served as a visiting professor at Willamette University School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law.