Claire Johnson Raba

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

300 S. State Street

Chicago, IL 60604

United States

University of California, Irvine School of Law

Affiliated Researcher

401 E Peltason Dr.

Irvine, CA 92697

United States

  • University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

  • University of California, Irvine School of Law

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Pay to Plead: Finding Unfairness and Abusive Practices in California Debt Collection Cases

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Claire Johnson Raba and Dalié Jiménez
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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acess to justice; debt collection; consumer law; due process; excessive fines; stategraft; consumer protection; predatory lending; fines and fees; empirical legal studies; courts; civil procedure

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Low-Income Litigants in the Sandbox: Court Record Data and the Legal Technology A2J Market

97 St. John's L. Rev. 195 (2023)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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access to justice, technology, regulatory, state courts, civil procedure, debt collection, poverty law, empirical, new legal realism, reform, big data, consumer, policy, legislation, data, privacy, equity, legal aid, practice of law, legal profession, legal tech

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Going Remote: Due Process and Self-Represented Debt Collection Defendants During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2022
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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access to justice, legaltech, legal technology, due process, COVID-19, technology and courts, civil process and procedure, unrepresented litigants, self-represented litigants, debt collection, state courts, consumer

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One-Sided Litigation: Lessons from Civil Docket Data in California Debt Collection Lawsuits

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law July 2023; The Debt Collection Lab, https://debtcollectionlab.org/research
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Aug 2023
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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debt collection, consumer law, unrepresented litigants, state courts, big data, court data, civil procedure

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Forfeiting Due Process: How Adjudicative Reform Fails Property Owners

51 Fordham Urb. L.J. 299 (2023)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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due process; civil asset forfeiture; legislation; empirical legal studies; procedural due process; substantive due process; excessive fines and fees; eighth amendment; constitutional law; civil court record data; self-represented litigants; law and policy; takings; property ownership; notice

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Co-Opting California Courts: How Private Creditors Have Turned the Judiciary Into a Predatory Student Debt Collection Machine

Student Borrower Protection Center Research Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Nov 2022
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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student loan, student debt, private loan, predatory lending, lawsuit

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Untapped Tools: The Power of State Debt Collection Laws to Protect Student Loan Borrowers

Student Borrower Protection Center Research Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Nov 2022
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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student debt, student loan, higher education, state policy, california, private loan

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The Unequal Burden of Debt Claims: Disparate Impact in California Debt Collection Cases

The Debt Collection Lab, 2023
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Aug 2023
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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Do Documents Protect Defendants? Evaluating the Effects of California's Fair Debt Buying Practices Act

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Abhay Aneja, Julia Byeon, Jacqueline Cope, Luis Faundez, Dalié Jiménez, Claire Johnson Raba, Prasad Krishnamurthy, Doug Lewis, Lois Lupica and Manisha Padi
University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University - Princeton University, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine School of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Law, Community Economic Defense Project and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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debt collection, state court lawsuits, civil justice, access to justice, compliance, debt documentation, state court procedure, civil procedure, debt buyer, debt collector, California laws, evaluation

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You've Got To Know When to Show 'Em: Debt Documentation Reforms in Texas Courts

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Abhay Aneja, Luis Faundez, Dalié Jiménez, Claire Johnson Raba, Prasad Krishnamurthy, Doug Lewis and Manisha Padi
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine School of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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debt collection, state courts, lawsuits, state litigation, debt, debt documentation, consumer protection, default judgments

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Student Scholars: Access-to-Justice Research in the Law School Direct Representation Clinic

forthcoming 26 J. L. Soc'y Vol. 1 (2026)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Mar 2025
Claire Johnson Raba
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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access to justice, clinical legal education, empirical legal studies, poverty law, legal services, justice gap, consumer debt, debt collection, unrepresented litigants, professional identity, legal ethics