On behalf of the ABA’s Commercial Law Education Task Force, Professors Anthony Palermo (Stetson), Kara Bruce (Univ. of North Carolina) and Laura Coordes (Arizona State) have posted to SSRN an open letter written to deans of U.S. Law Schools urgin them to make it a priority to offer commercial law courses, including those covering secured transactions, sales and leases of goods, payment systems, bankruptcy, or some combination of these, plus additional courses in transactional skills, cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, international trade, consumer finance, and the like.  Of these classes, retaining and promoting Secured Transactions is their priority. You can find the letter here.

Palermo, Anthony and Bruce, Kara J. and Coordes, Laura, An Open Letter to Law School Deans About the Importance of Commercial Law Education (April 20, 2026). Stetson University College of Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6615598