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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 8d

Less than two weeks until the Financial Precarity in the United States conference, which dovetails with the publication of Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, at @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social. Message me for details. Learn more here: www.law.uga.edu/financial-pr...

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Credit Slips @creditslipsblog.bsky.social · 26d

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Typepad and the Future of Credit Slips - Credit Slips

As many of you have seen, Typepad is closing down on September 30. They have hosted this blog since 2006. The good news is that we are moving the blog to a WordPress site. The URL, creditslips.org, wi...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 27d

On Aug 15, @bji.bsky.social hosted a book event for Debt's Grip. Judge Erithe Smith led a discussion about the book with me and my co-authors, @boblawless.bsky.social and Debb Thorne. We talked about themes and presented some key data. Recording now available! www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

Debt's Grip

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · 27d

I'm off to the Chicago-Wharton-Harvard Insolvency & Restructuring Conference. Looking forward to geeking out about bankruptcy law soon!

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Aug 5

Through people's experiences, we highlight particularly problematic issues in their lives, particularly problematic credit products, and particularly vulnerable populations. We wrote the book to be accessible to everyone--nonlawyers and lawyers. Find more on UC Press: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...

Debt's Grip by Pamela Foohey, Robert Lawless, Deborah Thorne - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Aug 5

Data comes from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, consumerbankruptcyproject.org.
Using the bankruptcy filers' own words, the book details the privations and struggles they suffer in the years leading up to their decisions to file bankruptcy.

Consumer Bankruptcy Project

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Aug 5

Official release date for Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, from University of California Press!! In it, @boblawless.bsky.social, Deborah Thorne, and I draw on 11 years of court records and surveys from bankruptcy filers to describe what it means to live in financial precarity in the US.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jul 2

Listing to be posted soon. please direct letters of interest and cv/resume to [email protected]. (2/2)

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jul 2

UGA School of Law is hiring professors! Open rank search, 4-5 positions. Priorities: torts, contracts, property, environmental, bankruptcy, secured transactions. Other: international, banking, business, administrative, employment. Teaching in more than one listed discipline especially helpful. (1/2)

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jun 5

It also addresses how these issues intersect with demographic skews of bankruptcy filers (Black households, single women, and older Americans).

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jun 5

The book draws on data about the people who file bankruptcy to illustrate what it means to live in financial precarity in the US. It focuses on homes and mortgages, cars and auto loans, medical expenses and health care, education and students loans, the changing nature of work, and debt collection.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jun 5

In two months, on August 5, my new co-authored book, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, published by University of California Press, will be out! (Co-authored with @boblawless.bsky.social and Deborah Thorne, University of Idaho.) More about the book here: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...

Debt's Grip by Pamela Foohey, Robert Lawless, Deborah Thorne - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Jun 3

Law Professors! Attending AALS 2026? Are you publishing (in 2025/2026) a book that is based on data you collected via a social science empirical technique? Think about submitting to this call for proposals for the book panel organized by Law and the Social Sciences Section. Email me if you have Qs.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · May 6

I'm SO EXCITED to become part of Minnesota Law (in a year)! And I'm grateful to have one more year at UGA Law to finish some really great empirical research about debt collection and enjoy the company of my excellent colleagues there. MN is where I started my career (post-clerking); I'm coming back!

Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · May 6

The University of Minnesota Law School is thrilled to announce that @proffoohey.bsky.social will join the faculty as professor of law in fall 2026.
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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Apr 11

Great to be part of this colloquium and to have the chance to engage with @trangmae.bsky.social's work!

Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · Apr 11

The @universityofga.bsky.social School of Law’s spring 2025 International Law Colloquium recently hosted @templelaw.bsky.social’s @trangmae.bsky.social, who presented her working paper, “Goods’ Nationalities.” Georgia Law's @proffoohey.bsky.social served as Nguyen’s faculty discussant.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Mar 23

The ACA was momentous! We need to continue to fight for change!

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Mar 23

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Mar 12

Bob Lawless sums up the quote by Lawrence A. Friedman in Bloomberg Law's reporting on Tara Twomey's (almost certainly illegal) firing as the executive director of the U.S. Trustee Program aptly -- appalling. Read the post for more about Twomey's exceptional record.

Credit Slips @creditslipsblog.bsky.social · Mar 12

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Where Have I Heard This Before? - Credit Slips

James Nani posted a story at Bloomberg Law about Tara Twomey's dismissal as executive director of the U.S. Trustee Program. It's worth a read and not just because of the shout out to my earlier blog p...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Mar 11

Virtual Access to Event in Memory of Juliet Moringiello March 20 2025 www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

Virtual Access to Event in Memory of Juliet Moringiello March 20 2025 - Credit Slips

Widener University Commonwealth Law School will hold an event honoring Professor Juliet Moringiello on March 20, 2025 at 1pm ET. Friends and fans of Juliet are welcome and encouraged to join virtually...

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Bob Lawless @boblawless.bsky.social · Mar 8

The Trump Administration has fired another effective and dedicated public servant.

Credit Slips @creditslipsblog.bsky.social · Mar 8

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Making the Bankruptcy System Less Great - Credit Slips

News reports this morning are confirming the rumors that went around the bankruptcy community last night. The Trump Administration has fired Tara Twomey as executive director of the Office of U.S. Tru...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Mar 7

Juliet Moringiello - One of the Greats (via @creditslipsblog.bsky.social)
Such a wonderful person and scholar. I will miss her so much.
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Juliet Moringiello - One of the Greats - Credit Slips

Juliet Moringiello was an amazing person. Her alchemy of brain and spirit and energy and heart and common sense made a positive difference for so many people, across disparate places and professions. ...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Feb 21

Are you at UGA Law today??

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Bob Lawless @boblawless.bsky.social · Feb 9

Wait, I can simply switch between my personal account and the Credit Slips account. I don't need to logout and login? This is already better than the Bad Place. And, yes, for those of you in the field, we now have a blog account as well. Stay tuned.

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Feb 9

Credit Slips, the blog, is now on Bluesky! This is the account run by the Slipsters. @creditslipsblog.bsky.social

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Credit Slips @creditslipsblog.bsky.social · Feb 9

Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts - Credit Slips - www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts - Credit Slips

This past year's American Bankruptcy Law Journal symposium at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Annual Meeting addressed the role of bankruptcy law in the larger U.S. legal system. The ABL...

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Prof Pamela Foohey @proffoohey.bsky.social · Feb 9

Adam Levitin explains how the CFPB's acting director is already breaking the law.

Russ Vought Breaks the Law on His First Day as CFPB Director
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