“A Fresh Start” ft. the University of Pennsylvania’s David A. Skeel, Jr. I Saturdays at Seven Ep. 49 (The Legal Vocation: Part Six of a Six Part Series)

In the forty-eighth episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with David A. Skeel, Jr., the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania. Skeel opens the conversation by talking about how his interests in bankruptcy law developed and about the theological commitments that are woven into history of bankruptcy law in the United States. Ream and Skeel then talk about Skeel’s formation as a legal scholar, how his education shaped him, and about how his experience as a clerk, an associate in a large firm, and a young law professor at Temple University and then at the University of Pennsylvania all played important roles. Skeel then offers insights concerning how he makes decisions concerning public service and what led him to his service as Chair of the Financial and Management Oversight Board for Puerto Rico. Ream and Skeel then close their conversation with Skeel offering his understanding of the academic vocation and his advice to aspiring attorneys and legal scholars.