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Report: More law schools adopting loan repayment programs Adam Henry According to a new report by non-profit Equal Justice Works, law school loan repayment assistance programs are on the rise in recent years, nearly doubling in number since 2000. Several factors are fueling the trend, says the National Law Journal, including "skyrocketing tuition costs, stagnant salaries for public service workers and competition among schools seeking to recruit top students." Major donations have helped schools like Rutgers and Washington University boost their programs to better assist graduates who opt for public interest positions. The State of New York, meanwhile, has increased bar examination fees to fund repayment assistance for Empire State attorneys. Read the Journal's full story here, and a different report from the American Bar Association Commission on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, called Lifting the Burden, here [PDF]. Speaking of the ABA, the organization recently announced that on August 9 it will present its 2004 ABA medal to Georgetown University Law Center Professor Robert F. Drinan, S.J. In its online announcement, available here, the Association catalogs the half century of truly "extraordinary humanitarian efforts and support for justice under the law" that have earned Father Drinan the ABA's highest honor. Finally, University of Texas School of Law Professor Brian Leiter has analyzed changes in faculty quality at 18 top law schools since the 2000-01 academic year. Although he admits that his own evaluations are "necessarily subjective," Leiter permits readers to make their own evaluations by summarizing faculty comings and goings at each school here. Among the comings at the UCLA School of Law, a top performer, is Mark Grady, who earlier this year announced his plan to step down as dean of the George Mason University School of Law (see JURIST's report here). 11:57 PM | | link to this post | latest Law School News Comments by Haloscan |
