National Association of Consumer Advocates elects Bertling to serve as co-chairman of the Massachusetts NACA chapter
The Board of Directors of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) recently announced that it had elected Roger Bertling, Director of the Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic of the Legal Services Center of ...
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Update: January 30th ITT Bankruptcy Hearing
On Monday, January 30, the judge in ITT’s bankruptcy granted former ITT students’ request that they be recognized as having filed a group claim despite the trustee’s objection, and recognized the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law ...
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New York Times Calls Former ITT Students’ Legal Action ‘Gratifying’
“It seems only right that victims of predatory for-profit education companies should have their student loans forgiven,” the article begins. It goes on to discuss the validity of students’ claims, their difficulty in getting debt relief, and ...
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Challenge to Secrecy of Recruitment Records from For-Profit Education Company
The Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and Public Justice asked a federal judge on Friday, December 16, for access to documents that are likely to reveal for-profit college giant Education ...
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Class of Former ITT Students File 7.3 Billion Dollar Claim in ITT Bankruptcy
On January 3, 2017, a group of former ITT Tech students moved to intervene in ITT’s bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Indiana. They seek to act as representatives of hundreds of thousands who ...
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Seeks an Intern
The Project on Predatory Student Lending is seeking an intern to begin in January or February of 2017. Responsibilities will include interacting with clients, organizing and analyzing case files, and working with attorneys and clients to ...
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Judge Russell Reflects on the Founding and Future of Veterans Treatment Courts
“It is not often that one gets to sit in and listen to a pioneer. Today we are going to have that opportunity,” said senior Disabled American Veterans (DAV) leader, David Gorman, of the Honorable ...
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Department of Education’s Latest Borrower Defense Report Reveals Unfair & Unjustified Limitation on Relief
As lawyers who work with people who have been defrauded by for-profit schools, we support the U.S. Department of Education in its stated mission to “make the process of forgiving loans” for such students “efficient, ...
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LSC Hosts the DAV Distinguished Speaker Series on Veterans Treatment Courts
On November 9th, the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School will host the third annual Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Distinguished Speakers Series featuring Judge Robert Russell, founder of the nation’s first Veterans Treatment Court. ...
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LSC assists veterans at Greater Boston Stand Down
On Friday, Sept. 30th, attorneys, staff, students and volunteers from LSC attended the 2016 Greater Boston Stand Down. Held annually, Stand Down is a one-day event during which homeless and at-risk veterans can connect with ...
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Lawsuit Against U.S. Departments of Education & Treasury
A former student of Everest Institute filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court to challenge the government’s continued collection of defaulted federal student loans from low-income people who borrowed in order to attend a school ...
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Silvia Vazquez Celebrates 25 Years with the Legal Services Center and Harvard Law School
“Good Morning, Legal Services!” Anyone who calls 617-522-3003 or walks into the waiting area of 122 Boylston Street is instantly greeted by the kind and welcoming Silvia Vazquez. Silvia wears many different hats at the ...
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