PSJD Public Interest News Digest – April 5, 2019

Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives

Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress

Hello there, interested public! The big news this week is that the Department of Education, in response to questioning from Senator Kaine, revealed statistics concerning the percentage of public servants whose applications for student loan forgiveness have been granted (or, much more frequently, denied). This news, linked below, reinforces the Law360 profile released this week discussing the mounting challenges facing public service attorney recruiting. Also of particular interest is an argument in Mondaq making the case that the 2019 PROTECT Students Act could significantly change the definition of “nonprofit institution of higher education.”

In the good news column, the looming legal aid strike in British Columbia was averted through at least the end of this summer.

See you around,
Sam

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