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November 3, 2006
Law School at Berkeley Increases Loan Forgiveness for Public-Interest Graduates
The University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law is offering to forgive student loans of up to $100,000 for graduates who go into public-service or government jobs that pay less than $58,000 a year. Alumni who work in qualifying careers can also have a portion of their loans forgiven, according to an article in The Argus, a newspaper in the Bay Area.
In the past, the Berkeley program, which is financed by student fees and alumni donations, offered up to $55,500 in loan forgiveness for graduates in a limited number of jobs paying up to $52,000 a year. The program is similar to those offered at other law schools that are trying to make it easier for their graduates to afford to pursue public-service jobs whose salaries can be as low as $25,000.
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Oh boy, great news for lawyers! When will we have loan forgiveness for the tens of millions of underpaid liberal arts graduates working in the public sector?
— Tiffany Barnswell Nov 3, 03:18 PM #