Class Ranking After Spring 2013 Semester
Class ranking after the spring semester for students who have completed their 1st and 2nd year of classes is completed. Students in the top 10% of their class will receive a letter with their exact rank in the mail.
The grade point average at the 12.5% and 37.5% follows:
Cass of 2015 – 12.5% GPA is 3.67; 37.5% GPA is 3.43, based on 150 students.
Cass of 2014 – 12.5% GPA is 3.74; 37.5% GPA is 3.43; based on 180 students
Cass of 2013 – 12.5% GPA is 3.74; 37.5% GPA is 3.51, based on 190 students
L3 2011-2012 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FOUNDATION GRANT
Up to twenty thousand dollars in grants will be available to be awarded to Iowa Law School seniors (from three to five students) to facilitate their engaging in public interest legal work. The funds for these grants have been made available from private donations through the Iowa Law School Foundation. To be eligible for the Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, a student must have accumulated substantial indebtedness from student loans and must demonstrate a commitment to pursuing public interest legal work. An applicant must have graduated in December 2012, or will graduate in May, June, or August 2013. For purposes of this grant, “public interest legal
work” means work for an employer that pays a low starting salary and that is either an Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3) entity or an agency of government. Deadline is June 5th 2013. You can drop off applications to the Financial Aid Office 276 BLB or e-mail to law-financialaid@uiowa.edu
L3 2012-2013 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW AWARD
The Iowa Law School Classes of 1987 and 1988 established the Public Interest Law Award to honor and support Iowa Law School graduates who choose to enter the field of public interest law. The award provides annual grants of $500 or more, which will be used to reduce student loans that recipients of the award, have accumulated during their legal education. To be considered for this award, each applicant must comply with the following requirements: The applicant must graduate during the year of the award for which he or she is applying (i.e., 20011-2012 recipients must be a December 2012, May 2013, June 2013, or August 2013 graduate). The applicant must demonstrate the procurement of employment in public interest law, an area that includes but is not limited to legal assistance groups, public defender offices, special interest and minority group advocates, and civil liberties unions. The applicant’s starting and projected annual salary derived from the employment described above must be less than 125% of the standard maintenance allowance (“SMA”) that is set each year by the U.S. Department of Labor. For the 2013 year, 125% of the “non high cost area” SMA is $48,387 and $55,758 for large “high cost” metropolitan areas. The applicant must demonstrate the existence of more than $5,000 of outstanding debts, which have been incurred in the form of loans, used to finance his or her legal education. Deadline is June 5th 2013. You can drop off applications to the Financial Aid Office 276 BLB or you can e-mail applications to law-financialaid@uiowa.edu
L3: LOAN REPAYMENT & LOAN FORGIVENESS INFORMATION MEETINGS ROOM 145 A
Wednesday, May 8, 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 9, 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 13, 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 14, 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 15, 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 16, 1:30 p.m. Information meetings will be held to provide you with the resources to understand repaying your student loans, and loan forgiveness programs and debt management including the Public Interest Loan Forgiveness. Please bring your laptops and your FAFSA PIN number. This meeting does not satisfy your mandatory exit counseling requirement for any of your student loans (Federal Stafford, PLUS, Perkins or Iowa Law Foundation Loan). jessica-diers@uiowa.edu
L3 Loan Exit Counseling
All student borrowers who leave the University of Iowa either by graduating, withdrawing, or failing to return for a subsequent semester are required by Federal Law to complete exit counseling. Student borrowers must complete exit counseling to obtain an official transcript from the University of Iowa Registrar’s Office.
Exit counseling takes approximately 30-40 minutes to complete. The Office of Student Financial Aid receives results of exit counseling twice a week. Official transcripts may be released only after results are received.
2013-2014 Financial Aid Process L1 & L2
If you are going to apply for loans for 2013-2014, please complete the 2013-2014 FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov . Two weeks after submitting the FAFSA students can print the 2013-2014 Iowa Verification Form from ISIS. Make sure to change the session to fall 2013. Questions: jessica-diers@uiowa.edu
Student Loan Debt Information for Bar Application
Some states require yourstudent loan information to complete your bar application. For your federal student loan information, including loan consolidation information, please go to http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/. You will need your PIN number to access your federal loan information. If you borrowed an Iowa Law School Foundation Loan or Perkins Loan, your information is with ECSI at http://www.ecsi.net/bwr/borrower.html. jessica-diers@uiowa.edu
Checklist for Graduating Law Students With Loans
This is a checklist if your borrow loans during law school. http://www.law.uiowa.edu/students/finaid/loan_checklist.php
Class 2014 Ranking info
Class ranking after the spring 2012 semester has been completed for the class of 2014. Students in the top 10% of their class will receive a letter with their exact rank. The grade point average at the 12.5% and 37.5% follows:
Class of 2014- 12.5% gpa is 3.72; 37.5% gpa is 3.40, based on 180 students.
Five Easy Steps for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Are you planning a career in public service and you are worried about repaying your loans? For the basics about the federal public service loan forgiveness program, please check out Five Easy Steps for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Additional information about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is available be at www.dl.ed.gov/borrower and at www.finaid.org.
