
New Student Loan Rates For Law Students
New student loan interest rates announced. Are they lower or higher?
New student loan interest rates announced. Are they lower or higher?
Refinancing federal student loans with a private lender may be a good deal for some, but it may play out like mortgage-backed securities did during the Great Recession.
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How much has law student indebtedness increased over the past few years? A lot....
Someday James Cameron will make an epic movie about law schools.
When private lenders are getting out of the student loan game, we should all worry that the government is still in it.
Another convert opens his eyes to the student loan crisis.
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And yet the government seems unwilling or unable to remedy the situation.
A disgruntled law school graduate compares the state of the legal profession to the Fighting Irish's lackluster performance in the BCS bowl game.
Happy holidays from your law school loan servicers, you've been kicked off IBR!
An underemployed law grad contemplates the government's loan debt repayment schemes, and doesn't like it one bit. Is it a scam?
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Welcome to the latest installment of Lawyers & Economics, our occasional video series on financial topics by Professor William Birdthistle of Chicago-Kent College of Law. Today's topic isn't going away anytime soon. If you have -- or are thinking of taking on -- student loans, keep reading....
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