Black lawyers face numerous challenges in the legal profession, from being underrepresented to facing systemic barriers. New survey data from Bloomberg Law reveal another obstacle that Black lawyers face: paying down substantial student debt.
Law students and graduates who identified as Black reported having the most law-school-related debt, according to Bloomberg Law’s most recent Law School Preparedness Survey.
And after the US Supreme Court’s June decision to toss President Joe Biden’s initial student-loan forgiveness plan, paying down the debt isn’t likely to get easier any time soon.
In light of the ruling, and in anticipation of the potential legal ...
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