Federal law allows you to request a free credit report once every 12 months from the three largest consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and Transunion. AnnualCreditReport.com is the official website for requesting these reports.
Resources on student debt relief programs and how they work, including the free e-book “Take Control of Your Future: A Guide to Managing Your Student Debt.”
A guide to law school debt written by someone with firsthand experience in accumulating (and eventually paying off) law school student loans. Includes a curated list of loan forgiveness programs, by state.
The federal College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 established a Direct Loan forgiveness program for employees of certain types of government, non-profit and public service organizations who make 120 qualifying monthly payments.
The Federal student loan repayment program permits agencies to repay Federally insured student loans as a recruitment or retention incentive for candidates or current employees of the agency.
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides a limited number of forgivable loans to attorneys employed full-time by LSC-funded legal services programs (LSC grantees) to help them repay their law school debt.
A federal grant program that provides student loan repayment assistance for local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors who commit to extended service in those roles. Each state or territory administers its own program so graduates should locate the designated agency and application requirements for their state.
#UDCLaw 3L Tonya Harris won the 2021-2022 @AmericanKennelClub (AKC) Companion #AnimalLaw Writing Contest, a #legalwriting competition that invites submissions from #lawstudents around the United States. Link in bio to learn more about Tonya's winning entry and learn more about the contest.
And that’s a wrap on #classof2022 hooding ceremony! Congrats to a very special class with a limitless future. (Special thanks to @c_drew5 for the 🔥 #behindthescenes content and this beautiful shot).
Lining up for a little group photo before heading out to the hooding ceremony. @franklin_liranzo photography is making everyone look even better than they do.
Speaking at today's Hooding Ceremony at 2:00 p.m. is James McMillan (@jimmynickles), CEO of ART@WAR (@art_at_war_ent).
Counted as one of the top music attorneys by Hollywood Reporter and Billboard magazines, entertainment impresario James McMillan, Esq. has merged his roles as lawyer, marketer, manager and visionary into being a founder and CEO of his own record label, ART@WAR Entertainment. Over the past 15+ years, McMillan has built a solid foundation and reputation based on integrity and emerged as a force balancing his creative and business inclinations.
Learn more about McMillan and join us on YouTube for the #UDCLaw Hooding Ceremony at 2:00 p.m.
Today, the #UDCLaw Class of 2022 is one step closer to practicing law, promoting justice and changing lives. Oh, who are we kidding? They've been promoting justice and changing lives all along. Now they'll get to do it with #JD in hand! #attorneys #HBCU #HBCUlawschool
#UDCLaw student Imani Roberson has been named to the @tmcf_hbcu Hennessy Fellows Program, a partnership with @hennessy awarding a total of $10 million to high-achieving graduate students studying at HBCUs. 🔗 in bio
ICYMI: The April 2022 issue of The Advocate: UDC Law's Alumni Newsletter is out now! Featured in this issue: Catching up with Karen Newton Cole '87, #legclinic and DV LEAP write a letter to the U.N., #youthjusticeclinic Dir. Prof. Mae Quinn talks to The Chicago Tribune, a new cohort of LexisNexis Rule of Law fellows and more. Link in bio.
You can also sign up to receive The Advocate at the signup link also in our bio.
#UDCLaw 3L Sarah Buskirk and DV LEAP Legal Director and Interim Executive Director Sasha Drobnick wrote a letter in March – in consultation with DV LEAP Managing Attorney Elizabeth Vogel – to United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem. Link in bio to learn why.
“It is especially troubling that in the United States of America, where we see young people as a vulnerable population that deserves protection, that they are going toe-to-toe with a prosecutor with no help from someone who understands the law,” Youth Justice Clinic Director Mae Quinn told @ChicagoTribune (also in @ProPublica. Both 🔗 in bio) in a piece about students receiving tickets for violating municipal ordinances at school.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, UDC community - Tonight at 5:00, we welcome Will Snowden to the Law & Leadership Series! Snowden is the founder of The Juror Project, an initiative to increase the diversity of #jury panels and change the narrative around #juryduty. Register at bit.ly/LLSnowden2
We are less than $1,000 to our goal of $10,000 to support our nationally ranked clinical program! Take the 50 for 50 pledge and help us cross the finish line! supportudclaw.com
