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Tuesday March 29
2016
 Help Veterans with Student Debt

Veterans frequently obtain federal student loans to pay for programs that they believe will help them gain a decent education and secure a job. Many of these “schools” collapse before a student can obtain a degree, or fail to deliver on promised career placements. The education provided from sham schools has little lasting value, but the accrued student debt endures.  This training will teach pro bono attorneys how to help clients and negotiate with student debt servicers to create manageable debt repayment plans.  Participants will learn how to secure fair repayment plans for veterans, to consolidate, or even discharge federal student loan debt in certain circumstances.

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  • When
    Tuesday, March 29, 2016
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Location
    Con Edison
    4 Irving Place
    New York, NY 10003
  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.50
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Consumer/Bankruptcy Law
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    Yan Cao (Speaker)

    Yan Cao is a Staff Attorney and Skadden Fellow at South Brooklyn Legal Services. She advises and represents low-income clients on student loan issues including managing unaffordable federal and private student loan debt, defending against predatory lending, and discharging debt from schools that engage in fraudulent practices. Yan is a graduate of Stanford University and NYU Law School; prior to joining Legal Services, she clerked for Judge J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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    Johnson Tyler (Speaker)

    Johnson is a graduate of Yale College and CUNY Law School. He has worked at South Brooklyn Legal Services since 1989. He currently works on cases involving foreclosure, student loans and other consumer issues. He has filed numerous suits against unscrupulous collectors and deceptive businesses. He has provided expert testimony on debt collection practices and debt relief scams to the U.S. Senate, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Treasury and local lawmakers and agencies, as well as the New York Times, the CBS Evening News, and the Associated Press.