The St. John’s University School of Law Loan Repayment
Assistance Program provides financial assistance to qualified
graduates working in public interest or government positions,
beginning with the Class of 2003 by paying a portion of their law
school educational loan debt. The Program seeks to achieve
two goals. The first goal is to enable graduates to select their
employment without being precluded from public interest or public
service options because of financial impossibility. The second goal
is to encourage St. John’s law graduates to choose public interest
and public service careers.
Awards will be in the form of a loan of up to $4,000 per
participant, per year, for up to three years, to assist in the
repayment of the participant’s law school educational loans.
The loans awarded under this Program will be forgiven one year from
the date of issuance, provided that the graduate has remained in
qualified employment for that year. Graduates have three and
one-half years from the date of their graduation, or completion of
a judicial clerkship, in which to apply for the Program.
Applications are due in the Office of Career Services, November
1, beginning the year that students graduate.
For detailed eligibility requirements of, and an application
for, The St. John’s University School of Law Loan Repayment
Assistance Program, contact the
Office of Career Services.