Higher Education is Failing Students of Color, but Congress Can Help
March 14, 2019
News
The harsh reality is that the burdens of student debt are not shared equally. Students of color borrow more on average than other students seeking the same degree, and are two to three times more ...
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Argosy University Stipends
February 28, 2019
News
In January of this year, Dream Center Education Holdings—the parent company of Argosy and several other schools—entered into a federal receivership. A receivership occurs when a court appoints someone outside a company to control the ...
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Ensuring Veterans Aren’t Left Behind
February 25, 2019
News
Steven Kerns, 2L at Harvard Law School As a veteran, I came to Harvard Law School’s Safety Net Project within the Veteran’s Legal Clinic to help bridge the civilian- military divide. SNP offered me a ...
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Students’ Legal Skills Help Prevent Homelessness
February 25, 2019
Housing
William* was feeling hopeless. Elderly, disabled, and receiving treatment for a recent kidney transplant, he was stunned when his landlord unexpectedly served him with a no-fault notice of eviction. With his health failing in the ...
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Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey to Keynote LSC 40th Anniversary on April 5th
February 21, 2019
Alumni
LSC is honored to announce that “The People’s Lawyer” — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey — will be the keynote speaker at the 40th anniversary celebration for the WilmerHale Legal Services Center (LSC) of Harvard ...
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Veterans Legal Clinic to Create Discharge Upgrade Practice Manual with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
February 15, 2019
News
The Veterans Legal Clinic is partnering with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center to significantly advance the practice of discharge upgrade law by developing a comprehensive Discharge Upgrade Practice Manual for veteran advocates and an online, searchable ...
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My Student Loan Truth: Rick’s WyoTech Story
February 14, 2019
Project on Predatory Student Lending
In our Student Loan Truth blog series, our clients share what they really got from their for-profit college and how the debt affected them. Their experiences demand a public reckoning on student debt and an ...
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Legal Services Center to host 40th Anniversary Event on April 5, 2019
February 6, 2019
Alumni
On April 5, 2019, the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School will celebrate its 40th anniversary with its first-ever reunion for alumni, faculty, students and friends. Learn more and register at lscharvard40th.org. This will be a ...
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What Really Happened at ITT: Jorge Villalba in His Own Words
January 29, 2019
ITT Bankruptcy
In our new blog series, our clients share what they really got from their for-profit college and how the debt affected them. Their experiences demand a public reckoning on student debt and an end to ...
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2018: The Year For-Profit College Students Fought Back – And Won
December 18, 2018
Project on Predatory Student Lending
In case after case this year, students represented by the Project on Predatory Student Lending have won hard-fought victories against for-profit colleges and the Department of Education. 2018 marked an important turning point in ...
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ITT Students’ $1.5 Billion Bankruptcy Settlement Approved by Judge
December 5, 2018
Project on Predatory Student Lending
On Wednesday, November 28, the judge in the ITT bankruptcy case gave final approval to the settlement between the student class and the estate of ITT. The settlement is a big victory for former ITT ...
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My Future Was Stolen By A Corporation: An ITT Student Story
November 28, 2018
ITT Bankruptcy
The author, Lorenzo Boyland, is a former student of the for-profit ITT Technical Institute campus in Cordova, TN and resides in Mississippi. My future was stolen by a corporation. Now, I’m left waiting for justice. ...
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