Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren and the other professionals affiliated with the Consumer Bankruptcy Project have collected significant data about the American families who file for bankruptcy protection and the reasons they file.

That data has been crucial in painting an accurate picture of the average American bankruptcy petitioner that stands in sharp contrast to the "deadbeat" portrait painted by the credit industry and presumed by the 2005 bankruptcy reforms.  You may even have seen Professor Warren on PBS recently, talking about debt in America, or on "20/20".

Now, the Consumer Bankruptcy Project is expanding its scope, and for the first time reaching for a national sample in its research.  That means bankruptcy petitioners across the country may be contacted or receive a Consumer Bankruptcy Project questionnaire.  If you've filed, or file, for bankruptcy protection and you receive the questionnaire, please consider participating in this important study.

Professor Warren assures us that the study has been approved by the human subjects review boards of several Universities and that all responses will be confidential.

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