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Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic
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All the ways student debt exacerbates racial inequality — ‘it’s like landing in quick sand’
July 19, 2019
All the ways student debt exacerbates racial inequality — ‘it’s like landing in quick sand’ Via MarketWatch By: Jillian Berman Eileen Connor, the director…
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Student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded sue Betsy DeVos for failing to cancel their debt
July 3, 2019
Via CNBC By: Annie Nova More than 150,000 former students of for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit against the U.S.
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2 Mass. Women Among Those Suing U.S Education Dept. To Force Action On Student Debt Relief
July 3, 2019
Via WBUR By: Kathleen McNerney Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee at a hearing on ‘Examining the Policies…
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Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Over 158,000 students of abusive colleges applied for loan cancellation, yet the U.S. Department of Education has…
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My Student Loan Truth: Theresa’s Brooks Institute Story
June 28, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending By: Theresa Sweet When Theresa graduated from the Brooks Institute in 2006, she never imagined that she…
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Collecting on Dreams
June 24, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Julia Hanna As a 2L, Toby Merrill ’11 was enrolled in a Harvard Law School consumer clinic litigating against…
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Director Toby Merrill Honored by the American Constitution Society
June 7, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Toby Merrill Credit: Martha Stewart At the American Constitution Society’s National Convention in Washington, D.C. this week,…
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In the Fight for Student Loan Relief
May 30, 2019
By: Drew Henderson, J.D. ’19 Drew Henderson, J.D. ’19 For years, Corinthian Colleges, a network of over one hundred for-profit schools, defrauded students to rake…
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Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Last Saturday, Linsdey Withem from the Project on Predatory Student Lending attended a town hall in New…
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In a New York Times article, “Education Department Has Stalled on Debt Relief for Defrauded Students” Clinical Instructor and Litigation Director of the Project…
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My Student Loan Truth: Kristina’s Virginia College Story
March 28, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending This is Kristina’s student loan truth. “I was focused. I had goals.” When Kristina Jefferson enrolled in…
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Project on Predatory Lending Quoted in Several Articles
March 27, 2019
The Project on Predatory Lending attorneys have been quoted in recent articles regarding the Department of Education’s decisions to cut federal financial to Argosy University,…
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Despite Court Order in it’s Favor, the Project on Predatory Student Lending Continues to Wait for DOJ to Produce Documents
March 24, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Source: Pexels Nearly three years after submitting its original Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request, the Project…
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Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Source: Pexels The harsh reality is that the burdens of student debt are not shared equally. Students…
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Clinical Instructor Elieen Connor of the Project on Predatory Student Lending was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article written by Michael Hiltzik. The article, “SEC…
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My Student Loan Truth: Rick’s Wyotech Story
February 21, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Source: Flickr In our Student Loan Truth blog series, our clients share what they really got…
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Circuit Judge Wary of DeVos’ Student Loan Debt Formula
February 13, 2019
Via Courthouse News Service Source: Pixabay By: Nicholas Iovino A Ninth Circuit judge suggested Friday that the Trump administration’s Education Department used a flawed…
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Via PennRecord Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Jenie Mallari-Torres A Harvard law project is suing the United States Department of Justice, citing alleged breach of…
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Trump Administration Stymies Release of Salary, Loan Debt Data from Certain Colleges, Advocates Say
December 13, 2018
Via CNBC By: Annie Nova At a recent conference on financial aid, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that every school should help its students…
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ITT Tech Students Score Victory in Bankruptcy Settlement
November 29, 2018
Via The Washington Post Source: Flickr.com By: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel As creditors of ITT Educational Services fight over the remaining assets of the defunct…
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Getting to Know You: Kelly Ganon
November 8, 2018
Via adMISSIONS: HLS Kelly Ganon is a current 3L and one of our Admissions Fellows. We recently sat down to hear her reflections on…