To make public interest law careers more financially feasible for Whittier Law School graduates, the Whittier Law School Public Interest Law Foundation (WPILF) and the Law School administration established a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) in 2002, with the first grants awarded in May 2003 and July 2003. The 2002 feasibility study indicated that LRAP was a necessary institutional commitment to support the work of the Center for Children’s Rights (CCR), the WPILF Summer Grant Program, the Externship Program, and a Whittier curriculum emphasizing the legal needs of the under represented.

Each grant recipient will receive two checks, disbursed in July and January yearly. Each check will be made payable to both the graduate and the lender. At the discretion of the recipient, funds may be applied to either principal or interest. Continuing employment at the time of the application is required and verified prior to the second disbursement.

Click here for the LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM application.