MAJOR EVENTS
WUCL Rolls O ut L oan Program for Public Interest Lawyers
Willamette University College of Law has rolled out an important new loan program for law graduates interested in pursuing careers in public interest law. The Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) was designed to aid College of Law graduates working in public interest law by reducing their law school student loan debt. Under the program, the College of Law will lend eligible candidates money to help them repay their student loans. If a loan recipient works in a qualifying public interest position for at least one year after receipt of the LRAP, the loan may be forgiven. Eligible graduates may apply annually for a total of three years of LRAP funding and loan forgiveness.
Willamette’s LRAP is open to all Willamette University College of Law alumni who graduated after April 2005 and who currently work in public interest law. Graduates may apply for loan repayment assistance for three calendar years, beginning in November after their graduation. Graduates interested in applying for the LRAP should contact the office of Career Services for more information: • Visit the Career Services Web site at www.willamette.edu/wucl/career/graduates • Call 503-370-6057 • Send an e-mail to law-LRAP@willamette.edu
The College of Law’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program is made possible by a generous contribution from Willamette University law graduate W. Parker Lee JD’01.
L egal Research and Writing Instructors Receive A ward of Excellence The College of Law’s four Legal Research and Writing instructors received an Award of Excellence at a university-wide faculty awards ceremony, held Jan. 30, 2007. Edward J. Harri JD’73, M.H. “Sam” Jacobson, Helen L. Mazur-Hart JD’83 and Jennifer B. Todd JD’83 received the Jerry E. Hudson Award for Excellence in Teaching, which is named in honor of former Willamette University President Jerry E. Hudson. College of Law Dean Symeon C. Symeonides presented the award, which celebrates distinguished teaching and leadership. A Willamette law graduate, Harri earned a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the school in 1986, the same year he began teaching. He also serves as assistant dean for student affairs. Jacobson joined the law school faculty in 1989. Last spring, she was a Fulbright Scholar in the Law Department of the University of Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria. A College of Law graduate, Mazur-Hart worked as a law clerk to Justice Wallace P. Carson Jr. JD’62 of the Oregon Supreme Court for three years before joining the law faculty in 1987. A member of the law faculty since 2003, Todd served on the study committee for the Uniform Trust Code in Oregon, which was enacted and signed into law in 2005.
Standing: Jennifer B. Todd and Edward J. Harri Seated: M.H. “Sam” Jacobson and Helen L. Mazur-Hart
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