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Good Income Tax News on Loan Repayment Assistance Programs
Some law schools have set up Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs) for graduates who do public-interest work.  Under these programs, some or all of the graduate’s student loans may be forgiven after a certain number of years of public-interest lawyering...

Loan Forgiveness Legislation
Last night, both houses of Congress approved the Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity Act of 2008, which includes four new loan forgiveness and repayment programs that benefit public interest lawyers:The John R...

Loan Repayment Plans for Judges
One of the most welcome initiatives in U.S. law schools over the last decade or so has been the creation of LRAPs, or Loan Repayment Assistance Programs, which subsidize (by delaying or reducing payments on student loans) recent law school graduates who work in an approved list of jobs...

Loan repayment assistance programs - ABA
This ABA article outlines some of the substantial changes in student loan repayment options recently proposed for lawyers.  Legal aid lawyers with three years of service, public defenders, and prosecutors may benefit...

More on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness
Congratulations to Equal Justice Works on launching their blog this week. It already offers great resources for law school applicants and those considering a career in public interest law...

Congress Passes $60k Law School Loan Forgiveness Program for Prosecutors and Public Defenders
National Law Journal: Proposed Student Loan Repayment Program for Law Grads Goes to Bush for Signature, by Marcia Coyle: A proposed student loan repayment program for law school graduates who commit to service as state or local prosecutors, or state,...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Whats a Home Loan Modification?
How to Qualify for a Home Loan Modification

Unlicensed Software
NovaStar Mortgage Inc. pays Business Software Alliance $112,000 settlement for using unlicensed copies of computer programs.

Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action
Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services

Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Americash Advance
Faces Class Action Over Loan Terms

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.