Angela K. Littwin
- Charles Sapp Chair in Banking, Financial, Commercial and Corporate Law
- Professor
Angela Littwin is an expert on bankruptcy, consumer law, and commercial law. Her current research involves the study of attitudes towards bankruptcy among consumers being sued by debt collectors, bankruptcy local legal culture, and the relationship between consumer credit and domestic violence. Professor Littwin’s courses include bankruptcy, secured credit, and a seminar on the regulation of credit cards.
Featured Work
Professor Littwin studies bankruptcy, consumer, and commercial law from an empirical perspective. Her current research includes studying the attitudes towards bankruptcy among consumers being sued by debt collectors, bankruptcy local legal culture, as well as the relationship between consumer credit and domestic violence (DV). She has published in journals such as the Texas Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, California Law Review, and American Bankruptcy Law Journal. She has recently published articles about racial disparities in bankruptcy chapter use, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's complaints process and supervision program as well as on how consumer bankruptcy attorneys adapted to the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. Professor Littwin has been a principal investigator for a number of empirical projects. With collaborator Adrienne Adam of Michigan State University, Professor Littwin has received funding from the National Science Foundation to study debt and domestic violence. She is working with Professor Pamela Foohey at Indiana University Maurer School of Law to study financially-distressed consumers’ knowledge of and feelings about bankruptcy and with Professor Bob Lawless at the University of Illinois to study local legal culture in consumer bankruptcy.
Professor Littwin received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2002. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Barkett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and founded ROAD (Reaching Out About Depression), a community-organizing project for low-income women. Prior to her appointment at the University of Texas School of Law, she was a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She joined the UT faculty in 2008.
Professor Littwin teaches bankruptcy, secured credit, and a seminar on the regulation of credit cards.
2012
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Book Chapter
The Do-It-Yourself Mirage: Complexity in the Bankruptcy System
Angela K. Littwin, The Do-It-Yourself Mirage: Complexity in the Bankruptcy System, in Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class at 157 (Katherine Porter, ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012).
2011
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Other Activity
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
Angela K. Littwin. “Conference on Empirical Legal Studies” at Northwestern University School of Law (December 6, 2011). -
Article
The Affordability Paradox: How Consumer Bankruptcy's Greatest Weakness May Account for Its Surprising Success
Angela K. Littwin, The Affordability Paradox: How Consumer Bankruptcy's Greatest Weakness May Account for Its Surprising Success, 52 William and Mary Law Review 1933 (2011). <http://ssrn.com/author=736604>
2010
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Other Activity
Teaching Consumer Law
Angela K. Littwin. “Teaching Consumer Law” at University of Houston Law Center, Center for Consumer Law (May 22, 2010). -
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A Weak Regulator is Worse Than None at All
Angela K. Littwin, A Weak Regulator is Worse Than None at All, Daily Report, May 12, 2010, at 6.
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Republicans Coddle Banks at Consumer Expense
Angela K. Littwin, Republicans Coddle Banks at Consumer Expense, Bloomberg, May 9, 2010. <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=au2dkonlwlFY>
2009
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Other Activity
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ American Bar Association Panel
Angela K. Littwin. “National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ American Bar Association Panel” at Paris Hotel, Las Vegas (September 30, 2009). -
Other Activity
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Community Affairs Research Conference
Angela K. Littwin. “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Community Affairs Research Conference” at Innovative Financial Services for the Underserved: Opportunities and Outcomes (March 31, 2009). -
Other Activity
University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities
Angela K. Littwin. “University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities” at University of Texas School of Law (February 28, 2009). -
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Testing the Substitution Hypothesis: Would Credit Card Regulations Force Low-Income Borrowers into Less Desirable Lending Alternatives?
Angela K. Littwin, Testing the Substitution Hypothesis: Would Credit Card Regulations Force Low-Income Borrowers into Less Desirable Lending Alternatives?, 2009 University of Illinois Law Review 707 (2009). <http://ssrn.com/author=736604> -
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Interpreting Data: A Reply to Professor Pardo
Angela K. Littwin, Interpreting Data: A Reply to Professor Pardo, 83 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 47 (2009) (with Robert M. Lawless, Katherine M. Porter, John A. E. Pottow, Deborah K. Thorne & Elizabeth Warren).
2008
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Other Activity
University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities
Angela K. Littwin. “University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities” at Harvard Law School (January 31, 2008). -
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Beyond Usury: A Study of Credit Card Use and Preference Among Low-Income Consumers
Angela K. Littwin, Beyond Usury: A Study of Credit Card Use and Preference Among Low-Income Consumers, 86 Texas Law Review 451 (2008). <http://ssrn.com/author=736604> -
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Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors
Angela K. Littwin, Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors, 82 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 349 (2008) (with Robert M. Lawless, Katherine M. Porter, Deborah K. Thorne & Elizabeth Warren). <http://ssrn.com/author=736604>
2007
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Other Activity
Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association
Angela K. Littwin. “Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association” at Berlin, Germany (June 30, 2007). -
Other Activity
University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities
Angela K. Littwin. “University of Texas-Harvard Joint Conference on Commercial Law Realities” at University of Texas School of Law (March 31, 2007). -
Book Chapter
Applying Feminist Theory to Community Practice: A Multi-Level Empowerment Intervention for Low-Income Women with Depression
Angela K. Littwin, Applying Feminist Theory to Community Practice: A Multi-Level Empowerment Intervention for Low-Income Women with Depression, in Advancing Social Justice Through Mental Health Practice 265 (Etiony Aldarondo, ed.; Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007) (with Lisa A. Goodman, Amanda Bohlig, Sarah R. Weintraub, Autumn Green, Joy Walker, Lucie White & Nancy Ryan).
2006
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Other Activity
Award
Angela K. Littwin. “Award” at American Bankruptcy Law Journal Fellow (September 30, 2006).
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