News Archive

(May 1, 2012)  Washington, DC – Across the country public defender offices are under-funded, under-staffed, and inundated with enormous...
05-10-2012
On March 8, Congressman Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.) introduced H.R. 4170, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012. Normally we don't go into the...
03-21-2012
The March issue of American Lawyer features a column by Aric Press, ALM Editor-in-Chief, discussing the importance of working towards equal justice...
03-15-2012
Borrowing and repaying loans in any context is a complicated process to understand. Borrowing for college is no different; teenagers are expected to...
03-2-2012
Recently, the New York Times reported on the growing education gap between low-income and affluent students. One study cited found that since the...
02-23-2012
The growing chorus of concern over the rapid growth of student debt is being heard in the hushed and hallowed halls of Congress and at some of our...
02-15-2012
Law School Transparency (LST) is a nonprofit legal education policy organization. Its mission is to improve consumer information and usher in reforms...
02-9-2012
The Equal Justice Works educational debt staff provided insight and advice on how to finance a graduate school education.  For the full article...
02-6-2012
Your Student Loan Ranger was intrigued by a recent report from the Center for American Progress titled "What Can We Learn from Law School? Legal...
02-1-2012
The Department of Education has released an Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness form to assist borrowers in tracking their...
01-31-2012

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