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Texas Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program
The Texas Student Loan Repayment
Assistance Program (Texas SLRAP) is currently funded by the State Bar of
Texas and administered by the Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF).
The Texas SLRAP was created by the Texas Access to Justice Commission in 2003 to assist attorneys who choose to pursue
careers in legal aid in Texas.
Low salaries coupled with high student loan debt
make it difficult or impossible for lawyers to accept employment at legal aid or
stay in those jobs long term. The Texas SLRAP is a critical part of increasing access
to justice for low-income individuals..
Texas Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Application Process
The deadline for 2012-13
is:
April 1, 2012.
** DEADLINE
EXTENDED TO
Midnight, Sunday, April 8, 2012.
Application Memo
Program Guidelines
Frequently Asked Questions
Helping Lawyers Who Help Low-income Texans
For the 2011-12 SLRAP year, approximately 130 lawyers initially received Student Loan Repayment Assistance.
These attorneys carry an average student loan debt of $85,350. Their average monthly
loan payments total $676 yet their average yearly salary was less than $47,000.
State Bar Gives $1.75 Million for Student Loan Repayment Program -
Nov. 4, 2011
Donate to the Texas Student Loan Repayment
Assistance Program.
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Texas Rep. Jim Pitts Receives the Texas Access to Justice Legislative Hero
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Texas Senator Kirk Watson to Receive Texas Access to Justice Legislative Hero
Award
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Statement on Funding Cuts to Texas LSC-funded Legal Aid Programs
Nov. 4, 2011
State
Bar Gives $1.75 Million for Student Loan Repayment Program
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Resolution
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Rep. Pete Gallego Reappointed to TAJF Board
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