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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Law - Still more on "Loan repayment assistance programs progress"
Updating earlier ILB entries on the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Act, Julianna Parker of the Norman Oklahoma Transcript reported Aug. 18th in a story headed "Law students being offered debt relief for picking public service roles:"
Law students who want to pay off debt quickly now will have an incentive to enter public service.A measure recently signed into law will pay back up to $60,000 of debt for law school graduates who become prosecutors and public defenders for at least three years. * * *
The measure that creates the program, the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Act, is part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act signed into law Thursday.
Those taking advantage of the program would get $10,000 per year in debt repayment from the government, provided they stayed at least three years. The maximum pay-out would be $60,000.
"I think a lot of us in law school would like to be in public service, but when you look at all the loans you have to repay -- and hey, money's attractive to anybody," said Amanda Clark, second-year law student at OU.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 26, 2008 08:38 AM
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