Tennessee Equal Justice Works Fellow Advocates for Student Loan Forgiveness - Articles

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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 20, 2018
Kirsten Jacobson, a staff attorney at the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services and an Equal Justice Works fellow, wrote a piece in The Tennessean this week advocating for continuing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The program, which she utilized after graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Law, offers student loan forgiveness to those who perform qualified public service work, including legal aid. Currently Congress is considering eliminating this program, with the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce having already approved the change.