§ 20-3-383. Creation of Public Interest Lawyers’ Fund
There is created the Public Interest Lawyers’ Fund. The authority shall maintain the fund to which shall be credited: State funds appropriated for use by the authority for education loan forgiveness purposes; and Unrestricted moneys received by gift or otherwise and other moneys available for and determined by the authority to be used for the […]
§ 20-3-384. Corporation Established; Contracts With Civil Legal Aid Organizations
The authority is authorized to establish a corporation to administer the fund. Any subsidiary corporation created pursuant to this subsection shall be created pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 14, the “Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code,” and the Secretary of State shall be authorized to accept any such filing. Upon dissolution of any subsidiary corporation of […]
§ 20-3-385. Utilization of Fund in Repayment of Education Loans; Funding of Four Separate Programs
The fund shall be used by the authority to assist in the repayment of any education loan owed by an individual who is: An assistant district attorney, an assistant solicitor-general, or an assistant solicitor; A civil legal aid attorney; A public defender; or An Office of Legislative Counsel attorney or a State Law Department attorney. […]
§ 20-3-386. Distribution of Education Loan Repayment Assistance; Conditions
Beginning the seventh month that an attorney is employed in one of the positions listed in Code Section 20-3-385, the authority may distribute education loan repayment assistance for the attorney in an amount not to exceed $600.00 per month or the attorney’s monthly debt service at the time the initial payments on the loan commenced, […]
§ 20-3-387. Eligibility for Education Loan Forgiveness; Availability of Funds
No entitlement to funds is created by this subpart. Eligibility for education loan forgiveness shall be dependent on funding through appropriations, as well as all other conditions of eligibility, as determined by the authority. In the event funds available to the authority for any of the programs listed in Code Section 20-3-385 are not sufficient […]
§ 20-3-380. Legislative Findings; Purpose of Subpart
The General Assembly finds that many attorneys graduate from law school with substantial education debt; that the debt that saddles law school graduates prohibits many from considering public interest work; that Georgia law firms, on average, pay first year associates more than twice the entry level salary for public interest work; that a need exists […]
§ 20-3-381. Definitions
As used in this subpart, the term: “Assistant district attorney” means an attorney employed full time as an assistant district attorney. “Assistant solicitor-general” or “assistant solicitor” means an attorney employed full time as an assistant solicitor-general, assistant city solicitor, or assistant municipal court solicitor. “Civil legal aid attorney” means an attorney employed full time as […]
§ 20-3-382. Establishing and Administration of Loan Forgiveness Programs
The authority is authorized to establish and administer loan forgiveness programs for education loans to encourage law students and other attorneys to choose careers in the area of public interest. The authority is authorized to prescribe all rules, regulations, policies, and procedures necessary or convenient for the administration of these programs and all terms and […]