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The Harvard Law School Public Service Venture Fund awards $1 million in grants every year to help graduating students pursue careers in public service. The first…

The greatest strength of the LRAPs at HLS is choice. With two distinct options, the Low Income Protection Plan (Traditional LIPP) and the…

Many law schools have loan repayment assistance (LRAP) programs, but no two are run in exactly the same way. As a prospective law student, LRAPs…

This funding is administered by the Harvard University Committee on General Scholarships (CGS) (http://www.scholarship.harvard.edu/). These scholarships are awarded with income from Harvard endowment funds…

The J.D. financial aid program is designed to help students from across the economic spectrum and around the world meet the expense of a law…

This page is designed to help you contact your lenders and servicers during repayment, or when you are preparing to begin repayment. It contains contact…

In order to defer the payment of your loans, it is always best to confirm with each of your lenders the process through which the…

When you borrow through the federal loan programs (Direct Unsubsidized and GradPLUS) or the Harvard Law School loan program, you will not be liable for…

Some loan programs, such as the federal loan programs, provide death and disability cancellation. Many private loan programs do not have this…

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There are two categories of education consolidation loans: federal and private. Federal Loan Consolidation Federal loan consolidation combines multiple federal loans into one new loan. There is…

Your credit rating plays an essential role in helping you achieve your financial goals.  Building and maintaining a good credit history while you are a…

Students who are seeking financial assistance at Harvard Law School should plan to contribute all of their own personal resources toward meeting educational expenses before…

Overview and Policy Although government regulations specify that student eligibility for federal funds be based on “prior prior” tax year information – information from two calendar years…

Students with special circumstances or questions about the policies that govern how we determine financial aid eligibility for married students and students with dependents should…

At HLS we understand the value of being able to plan and budget. This page includes several aid examples that vary based on whether or…

The following information is intended to provide some additional background on the role tuition and financial aid play in the Law School’s finances and to…

Policy for Federal Financial Aid Recipients The academic requirements for the JD, LL.M and SJD degree programs at Harvard Law School include the satisfactory completion…

Parent resources are calculated by a nationally accepted institutional methodology formula, coordinated by the College Scholarship Service (CSS).  General Requirements Although the Law School has…

J.D. Students may apply for additional funding to cover the cost of purchasing professional attire, as well as expenses related to clerkship applications, and/or public…

Financial policies are set and reviewed by members of the Student Financial Services Commitee, which includes members of the faculty and administration as well as…