Harvard Law to Offer Free Third Year Tuition to Law Students

On the heels of the recently blogged sharp increase in financial aid to its undergraduate students, Harvard Law School just announced that it will waive the third year tuition for its law students who work for government or for a nonprofit for five years after graduation.  Here is an excerpt:

The program, to be announced Tuesday, would save students more than $40,000 in tuition and follows by scant months the announcement of a sharp increase in financial aid to Harvard’s undergraduates. The law school, which already has a loan forgiveness program for students choosing public service, said it knew of no other law school offering such a tuition incentive.

“We know that debt is a big issue,” said Elena Kagan, dean of the law school. “We have tried to address that over the years with a very generous loan forgiveness program, but we started to think that we could do better.”

For the entire story, see “Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break”, in the March 18, 2008, New York Times.

DAB