News Topic: student loans

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The  New York Times  ran an important story today by Natalie Kitroeff on the role of Educational Credit Management Corporation in policing student loans in bankruptcy. It is a story that should interest all  Credit Slips  readers. ... Read full article

Suffolk Law School and the National Consumer Law Center are convening a Research Symposium on Student Loans in Boston on April 10th and 11th.  The goal of the Symposium, which is invitation-only, is to bring together the nation’s top experts, including ... Read full article

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As Prof. Nathalie Martin noted, the ABI has an upcoming conference on student loans . For those more interested in policy than straight up bankruptcy law, the St. Louis Federal Reserve will host a one day conference on the state of student loans in ... Read full article

On Friday, November 15, 2013, the American Bankruptcy Institute will hold a conference in its Alexandria Virginia Offices, and by webinar, entitled You Can’t Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy – Or Can You ? The conference will run from 9:30 a. m. ... Read full article

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In In re Brown , Ch. 13 Case No. 12-12316 , 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 3696 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. Sept. ... Read full article

Prospects do not look good for President Obama’s vastly ambitious initiative  (not yet really a plan) to take on growing college debt. ... Read full article

Even the President has now weighed in about the cost of legal education, thus elevating the profile of the debate about the "dual crises" of legal education:  costs and job placement. ... Read full article

Congress and the President are making huge decisions about the future of our biggest consumer credit markets – mortgages for homebuyers and college loans for students.  Unfortunately critical policy choices are being avoided, ignored, or obfuscated.  I’ll ... Read full article

Bankruptcy can help in a lot of ways.  One less well-known benefit is to free up a copy of a college transcript to use for employment or future school applications, when you can’t afford to pay the college back right now. ... Read full article

The winds of change may be blowing regarding student loan dischargeability in bankruptcy cases, as two recent federal appeals court cases demonstrate. ... Read full article

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The New York Fed has posted a new analysis of student loan debt .  Depending on how you read the data, student loan borrowers are either in serious trouble, or are no worse off than consumers with credit card debt or car loans.  The bad news is that only ... Read full article

There has been a great deal of press recently about the sorry state of the legal jobs market, student debt, and the irrelevance of legal education (see, e.g., here ).  A lot of the thinking on these issues has struck me as incredibly ga-ga and muddled and ... Read full article