A very excellent download of the week!

Nick Bednar@nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Very honored that @lsolum.bsky.social has highlighted my article on Presidential Control of the Civil Service as the download of the week. legaltheoryblog.com/2025/12/06/d...

Thank you, Ed Boltz, for a very generous reading of my essay reviewing "Debt's Grip" by @proffoohey.bsky.social, @boblawless.bsky.social, and Deb Thorne. ncbankruptcyexpert.com/2025/12/02/l...

My new post about Adrienne Hines's book, Bankruptcy Magic, and how it might help encourage the people who will benefit from filing bankruptcy to file bankruptcy. Link to her book, www.theladylikelawyer.com/bankruptcy-m...

Credit Slips@creditslipsblog.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New post: Encouraging People To File Bankruptcy — A Book To Recommend To Potential Clients https://creditslips.org/2025/11/11/encouraging-people-to-file-bankruptcy-a-book-to-recommend-to-potential-clients/

I'm on an airplane now! On my way to University of Illinois Law! See you soon @chrisodinet.bsky.social and @boblawless.bsky.social!

Chris Odinet@chrisodinet.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Back to the Midwest! See you soon, @proffoohey.bsky.social & Bob Lawless! Excited to present my book to the excellent faculty UIllinoisLaw & talk about Pamela and Bob’s superb new book, #DebtsGrip (order your copies now!) ✈️

Go @proffoohey.bsky.social!! www.instagram.com/reel/DPzfBKg...

theladylikelawyer on Instagram: "It feels so good to be in the midst of people who are like-minded! @nacbaorg #pamelafoohey #debtreliefwithdignity #freshstart #fina…"

It feels so good to be in the midst of people who are like-minded! @nacbaorg #pamelafoohey #debtreliefwithdignity #freshstart #financialliteracy #stopsuffering

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

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.

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)

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.

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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.

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 · last yr.

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. z.umn.edu/afmt

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 · last yr.

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. (1/3)

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

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

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 · last yr.

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

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

Credit Slips@creditslipsblog.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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.

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

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

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 www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

After a long hiatus, finally posted again on Credit Slips. About my essay recently published in American Bankruptcy Law Journal, in conjunction with its symposium at National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 2024 meeting. Non-Bankruptcy Law in Bankruptcy Courts, www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...

The #CFPB is a fantastic agency and it needs to be here to stay. Great piece by @riquier.bsky.social of @usatoday.com on the CFPB's effectiveness and how it has endured since its creation. (Plus I'm quoted and my paper about the CFPB complaint database is linked!) www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Billions of dollars for millions of Americans: why 'delete the CFPB' might not fly

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a political punching bag for years, but on the eve of a new Trump administration, it might survive.

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**NOW AVAILABLE** Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom Under existing law, teachers teaching is govt speech unprotected by free speech This rule mistakenly assumes that the Free Speech Clause protects only speakers and not audiences-- in this case students #LGBTQ #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom

Public school teachers across the country have found their speech relating to LGBTQ students and issues more regulated than ever. In left-leaning states, some r

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New year; new title! I'm ready to take on 2025! Go Dawgs! www.law.uga.edu/profile/pame...

Happy Caturday. Bodhi is that cat -- the one who removes the ornaments from the tree and looks very pleased about it. 😼🎄