Income-driven student loan repayment plans for law graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — In Part 2 of a two-part series on law student debt, Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Bryan Gividen examines the advantages and disadvantages of income-driven repayment plans and privately refinancing student loans.
Read More about Income-driven student loan repayment plans for law graduatesCase Western Reserve Law recognizes student accomplishments with writing, moot court, and mock trial awards
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Recognizing our distinguished 2020 graduates: Writing, Moot Court and Mock Trial Awards
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NBC WASHINGTON — With the coronavirus affecting the income and finances of Americans, the federal government has placed federal student loans in forbearance, which means you won’t be dinged for not paying that debt for a few months.
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U.S. NEWS — Attending law school full time isn’t cheap. On average, law school students paid $49,567 in tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year to attend a private, out-of-state school, according to data submitted to U.S. News in an annual survey.
Read More about A look at the law schools offering the most tuition assistanceOpinion: Students deserve partial refund for transition to online education
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — But there’s no refund coming my way. Though my legal education has been reduced to lectures I could have YouTube’d for free, Berkeley has not signaled any intent to provide even a partial refund for the diminished quality of the educational experience.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — That student debt analysis comes from Derek Muller, a professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in Malibu, Calif., who likes to crunch numbers and post the results on his blog, Excess of Democracy.
Read More about Report: Law graduates see lower average student loan debt at most schoolsNew York State will offer debt relief for private student loan borrowers
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic governor, announced the state will offer relief to 300,000 borrowers who took out private student loans. Those borrowers were excluded from the $2.2 trillion federal stimulus bill, which allowed most other student loan borrowers to avoid making payments for six months, without interest.
Read More about New York State will offer debt relief for private student loan borrowersUniversity of Tennessee Law makes student loan repayment assistance available to graduates working in public interest
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Recent graduates with student debt who work in public interest law can receive assistance through a program being offered by the University of Tennessee College of Law. Four graduates each will receive up to $4,000 this year through the Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC Loan Repayment…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law makes student loan repayment assistance available to graduates working in public interestFederal student loan payments suspended through September
BUZZFEED — Americans will get a six-month reprieve from federal student loan payments as the coronavirus pandemic leads to job losses and economic turmoil nationwide.
Read More about Federal student loan payments suspended through SeptemberSome student loan borrowers left out of Congressional stimulus proposal
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Although help for student borrowers in Congress’s massive economic stimulus package has been widely publicized, including a six-month reprieve from making loan payments, more than a million people with loans may be surprised to learn they will not get any relief under the new measure.
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