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July 21st 2005 • Printer version
 Canceling the Debt:
New lawyers finding relief in loan assistance programs
In the July 2005 Oregon State Bar Bulletin, 2002 UO law graduate Tiffany Harris talks about rising student debt.
Our groupÃs debt total was pretty staggering, said the cofounder of the law
schoolÃs Loan Repayment Assistance Program.
In 1995, none of OregonÃs law schools had an LRAP- now two do, thanks to the
work
of people like Harris.
Harris said her job with the large Portland firm of Schwabe, Williamson
and Wyatt turned out to be my loan assistance program.
A friend who graduated with us recently left Metro Public Defenders
(in Portland). She was passionate about it, but she couldnÃt keep up
with her monthly loan payments.
The problems faced by Harris and her fellow graduates are not unique to
Oregon. In 1993, U.S. law grads left school with an average debt of
$37,637. Less than 10 years later, 50 percent of law school
graduates nationwide had more than $75,000 in law school debt. . .Read the full story.
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