A Benefit for Public Service Practitioners
As a reflection of Gonzaga University School of Law’s humanistic, Jesuit, and Catholic nature, this Loan Repayment Assistance Program reflects the high value the school places on attorneys pursuing careers in public service.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to provide loan repayment assistance to a select number of our graduates who are pursuing careers in public service. Applicants with outstanding law school student loans, both federal and commercial, are invited to apply to the program.
Gonzaga General Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) and the John R. Clark Loan Repayment Program (JRC-LRAP)
The Gonzaga Loan Repayment Assistance Program is available for Gonzaga Law graduates working in public service across the country and around the world.
The John R. Clark endowed Loan Repayment Assistance Program offers loan repayment for Spokane-area public defenders.
These programs functions to provide selected graduates with loans to help meet the repayment of specified law school loans. If a graduate remains in qualifying public interest employment for at least one year after receipt of a loan under this program, the loan made by the law school will be forgiven.
Applicants that qualify under the requirements for both programs may apply for and be concurrently awarded loan repayment assistance through both programs.
These programs are administered by the dean’s office and by the law school faculty Scholarship Committee. Any awards made through this program are issued through the sole and unfettered discretion of the dean’s office and the Scholarship Committee. There is no obligation on the part of the law school to make any offer in any given year.
The Gonzaga School of Law LRAP and the John R. Clark LRAP accept applications annually during the months of December and January. Applications submitted outside this window will be reviewed when the Committee conducts its full application review.
College Cost Reduction & Access Act
The College Cost Reduction & Access Act offers federal loan Income Based Repayment (IBR) and loan forgiveness for public service
In addition to Gonzaga’s LRAP, we strongly encourage low-income graduates concerned about loan repayment to review and consider enrolling in new federal programs that could substantially reduce their monthly loan payments. The federal Income Based Repayment (IBR) option and the Federal Loan Forgiveness Program were signed into law by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. These programs assist borrowers by limiting repayment amounts based on salary and family size, and forgiving federal loans for long-term public service employment. For more information, please visit these websites: