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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 26, 2014

New repayment programs make law school more appealing

Although not a requirement of plans that base loan repayment on income, legal aid organizations are seeing a rise of young applicants.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Denise E. Miller might not be a lawyer today if it weren't for government programs that help her pay the $160,000-plus she owes on law school loans.


"One of the only reasons I decided to go to law school was I researched these loan programs," said Miller, a first-year attorney with the San Jose legal aid group, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. That research convinced her she ...

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