弗朗西斯X. 贝洛蒂贷款偿还援助和宽恕计划
Loan repayment and assistance programs (LRAP) help law school graduates in law-related public interest careers by helping them repay their educational debt. BC 法学院's program honors Arbella Insurance founder and former Massachusetts Attorney General 弗朗西斯X. Bellotti(52年BC法律). Bellotti Program awards are determined by a Dean-appointed committee and are renewable annually.
Summary
The Bellotti Program encourages graduates to pursue public interest careers by offering no-interest loans that are cancelled after one year if qualifying conditions are satisfied.
收款人及分配
The Committee shall determine annually the award recipients and their award distribution. 这些决定是基于:
- 委员会可用的资金
- 合资格申请LRAP的人数
- 就业类型
- 每个申请人的工资与教育债务的关系
- 申请表及证明文件所载的所有资料
In keeping with the Bellotti Program's goal to support a variety of careers in public interest, the Committee may need to cap awards each year in order to assist as many candidates as possible. 近年来，年度奖金从500美元到1万美元不等.
申请的最后期限
有资格获得即将到来的日历年度的LRAP奖, 申请人必须填写完整的表格 应用程序. The 应用程序 and all supporting documents must be received by the Office of 电子游戏软件s and 金融援助 by 12月1日 待考虑. 申请人将在1月下旬被通知委员会的决定.
承诺书及本票
作为奖励的条件, LRAP recipients must provide the law school with a commitment letter and promissory note affirming:
- The intent to remain in a law-related public interest position for the full year of the award.
- A promise to repay the award should they not remain in a law-related public interest position for a minimum of nine months of that year, 或者未能满足该年度奖项的任何其他条件.
- That the awards received from the Bellotti Program will be used solely for the repayment of educational debt and for no other purpose.
In order 待考虑 for the 2024 LRAP Bellotti Program, first-time applicants must:
- 我的毕业成绩是J.D. 在过去两年内从波士顿大学法学院毕业
- 全职从事法律公益工作
- 总工资不超过10万美元
例如, 2023届的毕业生必须在12月1日之前首次申请, 2025年为2026年. 司法书记员可以在毕业后三年内提出申请. Part-time employment will be considered on a pro-rated basis, if funds allow.
Recipients will remain eligible for awards for up to ten years after graduation or until their gross yearly salary reaches $150,000.
Recipients who first applied for award year 2014 or earlier will remain eligible until their gross yearly salary reaches $150,000.
Graduates employed in the following categories or sectors are not eligible to apply for the award:
- 任何类型的司法书记员, including but not limited to staff attorney positions and judicial fellowships
- 学术教学、电子游戏正规平台或临床电子游戏正规平台员职位
- 法学院或大学管理人员
- 一年以下的短期持仓
- 无偿志愿者
- Deferred associates who have accepted an offer from a firm, regardless of start date
Graduates who may be ineligible now will still be eligible to apply to the Bellotti Program if they become employed in a qualified law-related public interest position within two years of graduation.
1. 就业必须在公益组织
有资格获得LRAP奖, 申请人必须在公益组织工作. Three broad categories of employment meet this criterion and applicants will be considered in the following descending order of priority. 1) The first category is employment with organizations that provide direct legal services to clients who are indigent and/ or members of traditionally underrepresented groups. These organizations may be private, non-profit entities or 政府ernment entities. 这类组织的例子包括, 但不限于, 法律服务公司和公设辩护人办公室. 2)第二类是私营、非营利性雇主. 这类雇主的例子包括, 但不限于, private organizations with a "501 (c)(3)" or "501 (c)(4)" tax exempt status, 比如美国公民自由联盟和塞拉俱乐部法律辩护基金. 3)第三类是国家, municipal or federal 政府ernment agencies (other than those listed in the exclusion section). 符合公共利益雇佣条件的机构包括, 但不限于, 地方检察官办公室和总检察长办公室.
2. 雇佣必须与法律相关
Applicants must provide documentation that their employment duties are "law related.“在申请的时候, candidates will be asked to submit a letter from their employer that describes the terms of the employment offer and the duties and salary. The Committee reserves the right to decide if a job meets the intent of the LRAP program.
3. 财务状况
Candidates for the Bellotti Program must agree to apply LRAP financial awards directly to their educational loans.
The Committee will make awards for applicants based on monthly payments as determined under federal income-driven repayment plans (e.g., Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Income-Based Repayment (IBR)). First-time applicants should select a repayment plan and receive official determination of their actual monthly payments prior to the 12月1日 LRAP 应用程序 deadline. New graduates should begin repayment during the fall following their graduation.
For all applicants who are eligible for federal income-based repayment plans, the Committee will make awards based on these figures even if the applicant does not select one of these plans. 符合其中一项计划资格的申请人, 但还没有选出这样的计划, will be asked to calculate and submit a worksheet to the Committee demonstrating what their monthly payment would be under the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) plan. 计算器在 热门产品.政府.