Judith Fox

Judith Fox is retired from the Notre Dame Law School where she was a Clinical Professor for twenty-five years. Ms. Fox directed the Economic Justice Project, a low-income clinic specializing in foreclosure and eviction defense. Ms. Fox’s advocacy and research focuses on housing issues and debt collection. She has served on a number of boards and committees, including the Consumer Advisory Board of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, Indiana Supreme Court Coalition for Access to Justice, the Indiana Supreme Courts’ Commission on Equity and Access, and as the reporter for the Uniform Code Commission’s Consumer Debt Default Judgment Act.

 Ms. Fox has received numerous awards for her advocacy, including the Drum Major Award for Social Justice, the Granville Clark Award for peace and Justice and St. Joseph County Jobs for Justice Community Service Award. Ms. Fox has authored a number of publications relating to debt collection and housing policy. Her book, Foreclosure Echo: How the Hardest Hit Have Been Left Out of the Economic Recover focuses on the housing issues which remain in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. Ms. Fox provides lectures and seminars across the country on issues related to housing and debt collection.