Description

For a full program description, please download and view the official description (pdf).

How the LRAP Works

Lewis & Clark Law School graduates apply for LRAP funds each year for three years after graduation. Applicants who qualify receive loans in an amount up to 100 percent of their debt service (interest and principal) for the year. LRAP loans are disbursed in two installments, one at the beginning of the year, and the second half way through the year. At the end of the year, a loan recipient who has remained in a qualifying job may apply to have the loan forgiven.

Why Loans, Not Grants?

A provision of the Internal Revenue Code may allow recipients to avoid paying income taxes on the forgiven loan, and this provision does not apply to grant recipients. Refer to Revenue Ruling 2008-34 Lewis & Clark Law School leaves all individual tax decisions to the recipients and their tax advisors.

Requirements

• First time recipients must have graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School within the last three years
• Re-applying prior recipients must have graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School within the last five years, but priority will be given to those within the first three years after graduation
• Recipients must be substantially using their legal training
• Recipient must be employed by a law related public interest employer that meets the program criteria for the entire LRAP year
  
  • Work for a 501(c)(3), (4), or (5) organization providing legal services to underrepresented people, causes, or organizations with limited access to justice qualifies
  • Work for international human rights organizations qualifies
  • Work for the government focused on providing legal services to underrepresented people, causes, or organizations with limited access to justice qualifies
  • Work at a legal clinic qualifies
  • Work as a judicial clerk does not qualify
  • Work at Lewis & Clark Law School or Lewis & Clark College does not qualify
• Recipients must make less than the maximum income requirement for the LRAP year--$45,000 for the 2009 LRAP funding year
• Recipients must have law school educational loans in repayment throughout the LRAP year

This page is only a partial listing of program requirements. In the case of any disagreement with the official program description, the official description will be definitive.