Free Harvard Law for Grads Who Go Public-Sector

School offers $40K break for third-year students
By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 18, 2008 4:30 PM CDT
Free Harvard Law for Grads Who Go Public-Sector
At center, holding the staff, is Barack Obama, the year he became the first black president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.   (AP Photo)

Third-year Harvard Law students can study for free if they vow to take public sector work for 5 years, the New York Times reports. Harvard announced the plan today to steer more students toward non-profit and government work; many graduates grab corporate jobs to pay off 6-figure debt. “We know that debt is a big issue,” law school Dean Elena Kagan said.

Harvard already has a loan forgiveness program, “but we started to think that we could do better," Kagan said. The new plan will cost Harvard $3 million annually and relieve students of $40,000 in tuition. One student said that some of peers already know they prefer corporate or public law. "This program will help those students who are in between," he said. (More Harvard Law School stories.)

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