Legal Services Center to host 40th Anniversary Event on April 5, 2019
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
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
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
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
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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“The newest Federal Court Experiment”: Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims speaks at Harvard Law School
On Thursday, November 8th, Chief Judge Robert N. Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims gave the 2018 Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Distinguished Lecture at Harvard Law School to an audience of ...
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New York Times Highlights Project on Predatory Student Lending Cases and Clients
A recent story in the New York Times highlighted several of the Project’s cases, and their prominence in the ongoing battle to force the Department of Education to recognize the legal rights of students who ...
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A Federal Judge Told Betsy DeVos to Stop Stealing Students’ Tax Refunds
The rights of more than 100,000 borrowers are affected by this court ruling. For years, the Department of Education has acted more like a collection agency than an agency operated for the benefit of students. ...
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A Winning Streak For Student Borrowers
Students Won Several Major Victories This Month Against the Department of Education. After years of delay by the Department of Education, student borrowers represented by the Project on Predatory Student Lending are finally winning their ...
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65 Years, Countless Voices – Haben Girma ’13
This profile was published by Harvard Law Today on October 4, 2018. This September, Harvard Law School commemorated 65 years since women first graduated from Harvard Law School. Since that historic milestone, the number of ...
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No Crime to be Poor; LSC Alum Blake Strode to Lead St. Louis Civil Rights Law Firm
This article was originally published by Harvard Law Today on June 26, 2018. By Elaine McCardel There is no shortage of serious legal issues facing poor people in Greater St. Louis, especially people of color, ...
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Veterans Legal Clinic Welcomes DAV General Counsel for Conversation About His Role & Career Path
Christopher J. Clay, General Counsel of Disabled American Veterans (DAV), shared his perspectives on current challenges facing disabled veterans and his experiences as general counsel of national non-profit organization during a talk at Harvard Law ...
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