Law Students

Student Loan Payments Special Circumstance in Means Testing
While paying a student loan outside a Chapter 13 plan may be an option in bankruptcy, student loan debt may help an above median debtor pass the means test and file a Chapter 7.   A monthly student loan payment is a valid additional circumstance allowing a debtor with above-median income to file for Chapter 7 [...

Lawyer Salary Increases Compared to Law Student Debt
After Law Student posted How Much are New Lawyers? Salaries?, the author of the Build A Solo Practice blog responded with this observation: What would be an interesting statistic is the ratio of salary to debt service for law school...

Student Loans and U.S. Bankruptcy Law: Hard to Understand
Student loan debt in the U.S. is a growing problem, with college students graduating with an average debt load of nearly $20,000 as of 2006. In my last post, I pointed out a recent opinion suggesting a bankruptcy approach that...

Student Loan Consolidation
Student loan consolidation has always been confusing for me. So I sat down with my law school student loan coordinator recently to find out the benefits of consolidating student loans, the disadvantages, and other things to know before consolidating student loans...

Student Loan Discharge Tragedy
Student loans are hard to get rid of; even in bankruptcy.  Congress only allows a bankruptcy court to discharge student loan debt when not doing so causes undue hardship for the debtor or the dependents of the debtor...

Obama on Consumer Debt
Barack Obama discusses his legislative agenda regarding consumer debt with Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post. Obama notes that until he cashed in on his best-selling books, he and his wife were carrying significant student loan debt...

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

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

F-1 Visas
Visas for Foreign Students

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

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

Creditor Debt
Trophy Resources agrees to $600,000 debt settlement.

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.

Bankruptcy
helping to get you out of debt.

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