Educational Debt Burden: Law School Assistance Programs--A Review of Existing Programs and a Proposed New Approach.

Vernon, David H.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Educational Debt Burden: Law School Assistance Programs--A Review of Existing Programs and a Proposed New Approach.

Vernon, David H.

Journal of Legal Education, v39 n5 p743-71 1989

The paper reviews and critiques the 13 existing (1987) law school assistance programs and proposes a national repayment-assistance debt-forgiveness program which would involve an income-contingent repayment "tax" coupled with an assurance to creditors of repayment by means of a "guarantee" or "insurance" fund. (DB)

Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Government Role, Higher Education, Income, Insurance, Law Schools, Law Students, Loan Repayment, Salaries, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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