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Education

Oct. 31, 2014

Thomas Jefferson law school announces deal to slash debt on bonds

Financially struggling Thomas Jefferson School of Law will sell its $100 million-plus building to creditors and lease it back as part of a deal to cancel defaulted bonds and slash its debt from $127 million to $40 million.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Financially struggling Thomas Jefferson School of Law will sell its $100 million-plus building to creditors and lease it back as part of a deal to cancel defaulted bonds and slash its debt, the school announced Wednesday.


Under the agreement with bondholders, the San Diego school's annual payments, including for rent and new, smaller bonds, will fall from $12 million to $6 million, while it...

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