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Resources pertaining to legal education reform in the context of the Access to Justice movement are centered around the theme of loan repayment assistance programs (LRAPs), which have become increasingly popular as a means of overcoming the salary gap between public and private lawyers, enabling legal aid and other nonprofit organizations to recruit and retain highly qualified legal aid attorneys. This movement has gained traction with the passage of several key pieces of federal legislation, including the College Cost Reduction and Access Act and the Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity Act of 2008. These statutes provide several different programs and benefits affecting legal aid and other public interest attorneys with education-related debt.

Equal justice under the law is one of America’s most proudly proclaimed legal principles, but it comes nowhere close to describing the justice system in practice.