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Currently, roughly 60 to 80 students, out of a class of 550, enter the public sector upon graduating. For many, the seemingly insurmountable debt accumulated from years of tuition make low-paying public-interest jobs simply untenable. Some students who enter public interest law now are forgiven of their loans after graduating, but the loan forgiveness program hardly provides explicit encouragement for this branch of law. The new program seeks to rectify that by guaranteeing a tuition-free third year—a psychological frame shift that will hopefully make a public sector career seem more manageable in terms...
...pedagogical value of exploring other fields of law, from corporate litigation to criminal practice. The aims of the program, however, are certainly noble, and Harvard seems to be unique in providing such compensation to all interested students. (Similar programs at other schools selectively choose students to win comparable tuition breaks...
...beyond monetary incentives, we also hope that HLS Dean Elena Kagan pursues other changes to bolster HLS’s public interest program. Students should be encouraged to enter the field not simply to alleviate the burdens of tuition, but also because the quality of teaching, scholarship, and public interest programs at HLS genuinely motivate students’ career choices. In that vein, Kagan has already made strides with her recent hires, from Cass R. Sunstein ’75 to Noah Feldman ’92 to Jeannie Suk, all of whom have made significant contributions to scholarship that...
CORRECTION This editorial incorrectly stated that the Harvard Law School tuition break program for students entering public interest law requires students to spend two summers in a public interest job. In fact, they are only required to complete one such 10-week summer job. The Crimson regrets the error...
Harvard Medical School joined the recent parade of good news on the topic of financial aid, announcing a plan to expand aid grants in order to eliminate any expected “family contribution” toward its $65,000 tuition for students whose families have annual incomes under $120,000. According to the medical school, the change will benefit a third of currently enrolled students. While eligible individuals will still be on the hook for $24,500 of the school’s tuition in the form of loans, the initiative represents an admirable step toward ensuring that cost...