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Full-Time Employment: The Career Services Office (CSO) coordinates
a variety of initiatives to encourage students who wish
to be employed in public-interest work following graduation.
Each fall and spring, the CSO hosts a variety of informational
programs and services, including a public-interest reception
that brings to campus public-interest attorneys from across
the country. The CSO also coordinates participation in
public interest career fairs held in Washington, D.C. and
Chicago, as well as a campus-wide, not-for-profit career
fair.
Financial Assistance: For prospective law students considering
a career as a public-interest attorney, one especially
critical issue is educational debt. Each year, the Law
School provides nonrepayable fellowship
assistance to
approximately 75 percent of the typical entering class,
with an average award amount that in recent years has
averaged $13,549. In 2001, the Law School established
an expanded Loan
Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to assist eligible Law School graduates who choose to
work in public interest, public service, or other similar
positions after graduation. By expanding LRAP, the Law
School seeks to help alleviate an obstacle prevents graduates
from pursuing positions in public-interest and public-service
employment.
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