Prof Pamela Foohey
@PamelaFoohey
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Prof @UGASchoolofLaw. Bankruptcy, business, commercial, consumer law. Co-investigator, Consumer Bankruptcy Project. Also @CreditSlips. 📸, my 🐈s.
Athens, GA; NYC
Joined November 2008
I'm keeping this account, but, for now, have fully moved to bsky: @proffoohey.bsky.social
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Excited for the next chapter of UGA School of Law! It's going to be fantastic! 🎉
The School of Law is pleased to share Usha Rodrigues has been selected as its 14th dean. Rodrigues, who has served in several leadership roles at both the university and law school levels, is a respected scholar and award-winning professor. https://t.co/39l6gGeOmk
#UGAlaw
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Check out Debt on the Ground: The Scholarly Discourse of Bankruptcy and Financial Precarity from Professors @PamelaFoohey, Robert Lawless, & @DebbThorne! Learn about household financial distress and overindebtedness in and out of bankruptcy. https://t.co/cg3hRwptVg
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This agenda focuses on economic mobility, aging, gender studies, health studies, family studies, social psychology, and policy work--all areas of inquiry that we highlight in our forthcoming (soon! late summer 2025!) book with @ucpress, Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy.
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It explores recent literature that uses law and social science methods to better understand household financial distress and overindebtedness both inside and outside of bankruptcy. And it outlines a research agenda to contribute to sociological and sociolegal research agendas.
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Our (me, @BobLawless1, @DebbThorne) new article, Debt on the Ground: The Scholarly Discourse of Bankruptcy and Financial Precarity, is now published in final form in the Annual Review of Law & Social Science (@AnnualReviews).
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Congratulations @DorfmanDoron!! 🎉
I am thrilled to announce that, in addition to my law professor position, starting in spring 2025, I will become a member of @HMSbioethics @harvardmed and teach a class on the Bioethics of Disability. I can't wait to become part of this vibrant scholarly community! Grateful 🙏
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Thank you @libby__lewis and @TheTLS for this coverage and analysis of Unjust Debts. (and honored to be the company of @MehrsaBaradaran)
I wrote for @TheTLS about new works of Mehrsa Baradaran and Melissa Jacoby that show how America lost its way in the realm of failure.
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Contracts students: I just learned that Prof. Ian Ayres made 80 YouTube videos covering almost every area of contract law. This is an incredible resource if you're having trouble understanding something and want a reliable but accessible explanation.
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https://t.co/v2n0eWUUDY Hearing on private student loan practices this afternoon, including @daliejimenez, will be streamed here:
banking.senate.gov
The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Along w/ its piece about Exeter Finance's handling of auto loan deferments, @propublica published this explanation of the consequences of a deferment, complete with a calculator overviewing what someone might owe at the end of their loan. Useful and necessary info for borrowers!
Having trouble with car loan payments? Your lender might offer you a deferment or extension, but our reporting shows lenders aren’t always up front about how much these deferments will cost you in the long run. https://t.co/cfM8PNpphj
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Exeter Finance says "we're here to help," but its auto loan extensions often do anything but that. @ByardDuncan and @ryangabrielson show how with their dive into Exeter's practices (and the overall booming subprime auto loan business). Great read!
propublica.org
CarMax partner Exeter Finance makes high-interest loans to people with troubled financial histories. It allows borrowers to skip payments but often adds thousands of dollars in new charges — costs...
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New post by @BobLawless1 discussing the important new paper by Belisa Pang about repeat bankruptcy filers, and updating (slightly) the count of how many adults in the United States have filed bankruptcy.
Revisiting How Many People Have Filed Bankruptcy
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Excited to contribute to @HLSBankruptcy Blog's series about the Purdue Pharma decision with @Jonathan_Lipson. Thanks for including us @HLSBankruptcy!
In today's post, Professors @Jonathan_Lipson and @PamelaFoohey argue that the Purdue Pharma decision is best viewed in the light of "bankruptcy exceptionalism," and discuss the extent to which "structural exceptionalism" survives after the decision:
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For more details underlying this essay, out today in The Nation, see chapter 4 of my new book Unjust Debts @thenewpress
https://t.co/Ul5bHsZwH0
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Happy pub day to @melissabjacoby and congrats on this important work!
📚 Happy Pub Day to Professor @melissabjacoby 🎉 Her book "Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal" (@thenewpress) is now available where books are sold! Join Prof. Jacoby for one of her book events this summer. Details: https://t.co/evMIvj0slw
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The Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies was granted permanent status by @TheAALS! Heartfelt thanks to @katie_eyer @nicolebporter @RobynMPowell and many others who’ve done so much work to make this happen. ❤️ to all of our allies who cheered us on!
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Check out @melissabjacoby's essay about companies turning to the bankruptcy system when faced with mounting accusations of harm and misconduct. Just in time for the forthcoming publication of her book, Unjust Debts! Great essay (and I'm really looking forward to the book).
The moral limits of bankruptcy law. Read:
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Off to the annual meeting of the @AmLawInst. See you soon, @PamelaFoohey & @daliejimenez! Looking forward to the discussion re the #RestatementofProperty
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