Doesn’t seem right to never be able to discharge tuition loans.
Maybe if people forfeited the degree? No license?
I mean, why be able to discharge a quarter million borrowed to start a failed pet grooming biz, but not a quarter million borrowed for law school tuition? Assuming u forfeit the degree.
Stay on the hook for borrowed living expenses.[/quote]
scaredy, I could see being ineligible for a state license if your loan to obtain that license was discharged. But a degree is part of the student. It stays with them and you can’t take it away. In the case of an attorney, they HAVE that JD or LLM. You can’t take it away. This advanced degree could and does qualify them for many professional positions even if they cannot “practice” law.
I’ll use myself for an example here. In CA, JD’s, LLM’s and CPA’s also get to use their advanced degrees (and licensing, if applicable) for perks such as taking the CA RE Brokers exam. Peons like me can “qualify” to take it by virtue of the requisite education and experience as a RE Salesperson but my experience as a “Salesperson” is not “consecutive.” Thus, I don’t qualify to take it based upon this technicality. I didn’t have access to this “free” advanced education (by virtue of it being “discharged”). There are many THOUSANDS of people like me.
