Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)

To help students who want to secure employment in low-paying public interest and government jobs, Golden Gate University School of Law offers a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP). The Program has two goals: (1) to lessen the degree to which financing the cost of a legal education limits career options and (2) to encourage graduates to choose public interest careers.

Under LRAP, the Law School will make an award to qualifying graduates to assist them with their law school loan repayments. To qualify and remain eligible for LRAP, the graduate must earn a total salary of less than $75,000 and the work performed by the graduate must require her/him to hold a law degree. Funding is limited and not guaranteed. Preference is given to graduates who perform legal services for or under the direction of a government unit or an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from tax under section 501(a). Among other things, loan forgiveness payments should not normally be counted as part of gross income.

LRAP disbursements are made in July. Eligibility for this year's disbursement requires timely submission of an application and all necessary supporting materials no later than Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 5:30 pm.

Click here to download the application.

For more information contact:
Leeor Neta
Assistant Director for Public Interest Programs
Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
lneta@ggu.edu
Phone: (415) 369-5391
Fax: (415) 543-6680
Hand delivery: Law Career Services, 40 Jessie Street, 5th Floor

Contribute to LRAP

If you are interested in giving a donation to the Loan Repayment Assistance Program, click here. Select "Other" Gift Description and type in LRAP.