Thinking about going to law school but reconsidering your decision after you see the bill for your legal education? Relief is in sight. The University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law will boost its program for loan forgiveness, thanks to a $2.2 million gift “from the estate of the late Rita E. Fordham.” The widow of a former University of Utah professor of law, Ms. Fordham stipulated that some of the funds be used “to help law school graduates employed in the public and public interest sectors repay their student loans.” Not only is the University grateful, but young students with dreams of being Utah lawyers may now be able to indulge their fancies of working for the state a little more responsibly, financially. “The support for a distinguished chair allows us to compete for the best faculty talent and to reward and retain our most talented scholars at the University of Utah,” said Ruth Watkins, senior vice president for academic affairs at the U. “These gifts promote excellence, and we are deeply grateful.” But even with loan forgiveness programs promised after graduation, the incentive for the best and brightest of Utah’s law students to enter into the public domain doesn’t seem to be much. For most Utah lawyers, the uphill path to financial solvency after so much student debt comes only with private law firm affiliation. So who is in our courtrooms, prosecuting atrocities on behalf of the state or defending the hapless citizens who can’t afford counsel? #utahlawyer #saltlakecityattorney
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:07:10 +0000
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