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Law School Loan Provider Calling it Quits

Law School Loan Provider Calling it Quits

College students are not the only one looking for ways to provide for college. The biggest law school loan provider is going out of business. For the past 25 years…

Old School Law School Grad

Old School Law School Grad

Alice Thomas doesn’t expect to be a lawyer for long; just long enough to “nibble” at some injustices. Why is that, you ask? Because on May 15, at 79, Thomas…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 28, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s headlines… President Obama took on the Supreme Court in last night’s State of the Union……

Northwestern Law Offers to Pay Loans of Public Sector Grads

Northwestern Law Offers to Pay Loans of Public Sector Grads

Northwestern University Law School is offering a “dovetail” loan forgiveness program that it will cover the annual student loan payments of all graduates who enter the public sector. Under a…

ABA’s Loan Relief Proposal for Law Graduates Rejected by Congress

Despite recent efforts from the American Bar Association to help recent law school graduates defer their student loans, neither the Obama administration nor Congress have gone along with the ABA’s…

New York Bar Denies Applicant Based on Large Student Loans

New York Bar Denies Applicant Based on Large Student Loans

An aspiring lawyer who has racked up excessive student loans has been denied admission to the New York Bar based on his debt. Robert Bowman’s student loans date back to…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Offers 18-Month Deferral Program

Dewey & LeBoeuf Offers 18-Month Deferral Program

Dewey & LeBoeuf, which in March deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming class to January 2010, has now announced a new year-long deferral program called “DL Pursuits.” Associates who…

Northwestern to Let Deferred Grads Postpone Loan Payments

Northwestern to Let Deferred Grads Postpone Loan Payments

Northwestern University Law School will allow deferred graduates to postpone their monthly student loan payments until they start working. The school is also offering short-term medical insurance to grads. The…

Skadden Offers “Sidebar” to Attorneys, Incoming Associates

Skadden is offering attorneys the chance to work somewhere else for a year, but then return. The same offer is being made to incoming associates. In response to the current…

Income Based Repayment to Aid Law Grads

From Slate via Legal Geekery, a new way for law students to pay off their loan debt: Most people know about the plan where you’d work for 10 years at…