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...Harvard Law School announced yesterday that it would create a $1 million fund to provide “seed money” for students entering careers in public service, replacing the third-year tuition waiver program suspended early last year...
...Public Service Venture Fund will award students with one-year grants ranging from a few thousand dollars to as much as $80,000 to supplement salaries in the public sector or to start non-profit organizations. Alexa Shabecoff, the Law School’s assistant dean for public service, said that the amounts awarded may vary depending on student interest and need...
Students entering the Law School this fall will be the first class eligible to receive money from the new program upon graduating...
...grant system ensures better budgeting predictability but will be slightly more expensive than the tuition waiver program suspended early last year, Shabecoff said. The cost of the former program fluctuated depending on student interest, as there were no limits on enrollment. And given the difficult economic climate, the Law School needed to control its budget more vigilantly...
...Law School professor David B. Wilkins emphasized that this program was not meant as an endless source of funding for student projects...