TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 29, 2016

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge last week issued an opinion permitting a law school graduate, who failed to pass the bar exam, to discharge her $11,000 bar study loan, The National Law Journal reports. Lesley Campbell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after making payments on the loan and sought to have the loan discharged. Citibank, the loan provider, argued the type of loan could not be discharged "absent undue hardship" and that the loan was an “educational benefit.”