{"id":975,"date":"2010-07-08T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=975"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:31:13","slug":"civil-legal-assistance-attorney-student-loan-repayment-program-claap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=975","title":{"rendered":"Civil Legal Assistance Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program (CLAAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five million dollars is now available for distribution to qualified civil legal assistance attorneys.\u00a0 The online application is <a href=\"http:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/students\/attachments\/siteresources\/CLAARPapp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">accessible here<\/a><strong> and applying as soon as possible is critical<\/strong> because the Department of Education will commit these funds to eligible civil legal assistance attorneys on a <strong>first-come, first-served basis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Completed and signed applications can be returned to the Department of Education as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Fax Number:<\/p>\n<p>1-315-738-6674<\/p>\n<p>Mail:<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Department of Education<\/p>\n<p>Civil Legal Assistance Attorney<\/p>\n<p>Student Loan Repayment Program<\/p>\n<p>PO Box 4399<\/p>\n<p>Utica, NY 13504<\/p>\n<p>Overnight mail:<\/p>\n<p>Call 1-877-699-1834 for courier\/overnight address<\/p>\n<p>Complete and signed applications will be date and time stamped and processed in the order they are received.\u00a0 Do not submit an incomplete application&#8211;\u00a0 if the application is denied because it is incomplete, the Department of Education will send a letter explaining the reason it was denied, and a resubmitted request will receive a new date and time stamp.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Legal Assistance Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program (CLAAP) repays a portion of eligible federal student loan debt for civil legal assistance attorneys who are employed full-time.\u00a0 Attorneys are advised to understand the <a href=\"http:\/\/e2ma.net\/go\/8428770584\/2929308\/96250389\/9710\/goto:http:\/studentaid.ed.gov\/PORTALSWebApp\/students\/english\/CLAARP.jsp\">program requirements<\/a>, and to carefully consider the Ineligibility for Double Benefits provision before determining whether or not to apply for CLAAP.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please view this <a href=\"http:\/\/e2ma.net\/go\/8428770584\/2929308\/96250391\/9710\/goto:http:\/www.equaljusticeworks.org\/resources\/student-debt-relief\/civil-legal-assistance-attorney-student-loan-repayment-program\">comprehensive CLAAP webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five million dollars is now available for distribution to qualified civil legal assistance attorneys.\u00a0 The online application is accessible here and applying as soon as possible is critical because the Department of Education will commit these funds to eligible civil legal assistance attorneys on a first-come, first-served basis. Completed and signed applications can be returned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}