Cornell Law to expand Loan Repayment Assistance Program
REUTERS — Cornell Law School in June will begin providing full federal loan repayments for its graduates in public interest jobs earning up to $120,000 annually—a $40,000 increase from the current $80,000 salary cap.
Read More about Cornell Law to expand Loan Repayment Assistance ProgramUniversity of San Diego Law encourages public interest law alumni to apply for Loan Repayment Assistance Program
USD NEWS CENTER — The importance of public interest law practice in our society cannot be overstated. Public interest lawyers working for legal services and other nonprofit organizations ensure that these interests have access to representation in our legal system.
Read More about University of San Diego Law encourages public interest law alumni to apply for Loan Repayment Assistance ProgramBiden administration cancels student loan debt for 160,000 borrowers
AP NEWS — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs.
Read More about Biden administration cancels student loan debt for 160,000 borrowersA look at data on law graduate student loan debt
AOL — The path to practicing law can lead to a fruitful career helping people and companies navigate the challenges of legal disputes.
Read More about A look at data on law graduate student loan debtFederal government to forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers
MICROSOFT START — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that about 78,000 public service workers will have $5.8 billion in federal student loan debt forgiven by his administration.
Read More about Federal government to forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workersSome student loan borrowers with less than $12,000 in debt to receive loan forgiveness
INVESTOPEDIA — Student loan borrowers who took out less than $12,000 to go to college and paid on their loans for 10 years are having their federal debts forgiven faster than they’d initially been told.
Read More about Some student loan borrowers with less than $12,000 in debt to receive loan forgivenessNearly half of law school students enroll with undergraduate debt
THE NATIONAL JURIST — The average debt among law students enrolled in 2019-20 averaged $27,000, according to AccessLex Institute’s newest update to the Legal Education Data Deck.
Read More about Nearly half of law school students enroll with undergraduate debtAccessLex report: Law students report anxiety over career outcomes, loans, and debt
ABA JOURNAL — Almost half of all law school students have debt from their undergraduate education, more fund their legal education with loans and less than half say it was worth it, according to the AccessLex Institute’s Legal Education Data Deck.
Read More about AccessLex report: Law students report anxiety over career outcomes, loans, and debtUC Irvine Law professor Dalié Jiménez receives funding to study student loan interventions and debt collection
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that Professor Dalié Jiménez is the lead principal investigator on a project that was awarded $200,000 by the California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR3) to study the effects of pandemic-related interventions on California student loan borrowers.
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Dalié Jiménez receives funding to study student loan interventions and debt collectionConsumer Financial Protection Bureau Report details student loan servicing errors
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Student loan borrowers have experienced billing errors and long waits to get hold of the companies managing their loans since payments restarted in October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a new report released Friday.
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