How were the LRAP Policies and Guidelines developed?
In 2005, the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors (BOG), through its Access to Justice Committee (Committee), assessed the impact of educational debt on the ability of law graduates to enter and remain in public service jobs. As a result of this assessment, the BOG approved the development of the Oregon State Bar Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to assist Oregon lawyers in paying their educational debt while working in public interest jobs in Oregon. The BOG also approved partial funding for the LRAP by dedicating $5 of each member’s dues starting in 2006 to the program.
