Civil Law
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Law Library including the comprehensive Iowa Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyers Project Practice Manual and material from Iowa Legal Aid continuing legal education seminars.
Volunteer Opportunities for providing pro bono counsel on civil law matters.
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Participating Organizations:
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Public Service Provisions of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007
The act directly benefits public interest lawyers in two specific ways. First, the act provides for income-based payments on certain federally-backed student loans. Second, the act provides for the forgiveness of certain Federal Direct student loans. Read the details here.
John Lorentzen of the Nyemaster Law Firm speaks at the Disaster Response training at the ISBA Annual Meeting with (left to right) Tracy Deutmeyer, ALA/YLD Representative; The Honorable Jess Dickinson of the Mississippi Supreme Court; and Rod Kleitsch of Iowa Legal Aid.
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