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ABA Lobbies for Student Loan Relief for Unemployed Attorneys

Posted Nov 11, 2009, 01:41 pm CST
By Martha Neil

The American Bar Association is lobbying Congress and the Obama administration, seeking student loan debt relief for struggling law graduates.

A number of graduates haven't yet found work and would benefit from having their private educational debt converted to government loans, according to a new ABA Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs. By converting to a government loan, if the law and/or regulations were changed to allow this, a graduate could defer the debt for up to three years while unemployed, reports the National Law Journal.

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