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The PLEDGE Scholarship is more than a financial award. It’s a promise Santa Clara Law is making to help relieve next year’s students from the kind of financial pressure that might otherwise preclude them from pursuing rewarding legal careers of great prominence and purpose.
— Dean Michael Kaufman of Santa Clara University School of Law, in a statement concerning the school’s new PLEDGE Scholarship, which serves as a means to undercut the annual federal loan cap of $50,000 for professional degree students that became part of the Trump administration’s budget bill. Each incoming full-time student at the law school will receive a guaranteed scholarship of $16,000 for each year of their legal studies, which will allow them to cover the rest of their tuition with federal student loans. “We’re not just educating future lawyers; we’re building a more just and equitable society,” Kaufman said. “This scholarship is a strategic investment in our extraordinary students and the clients and communities they will go on to serve.”
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
The PLEDGE Scholarship is more than a financial award. It’s a promise Santa Clara Law is making to help relieve next year’s students from the kind of financial pressure that might otherwise preclude them from pursuing rewarding legal careers of great prominence and purpose.
— Dean Michael Kaufman of Santa Clara University School of Law, in a statement concerning the school’s new PLEDGE Scholarship, which serves as a means to undercut the annual federal loan cap of $50,000 for professional degree students that became part of the Trump administration’s budget bill. Each incoming full-time student at the law school will receive a guaranteed scholarship of $16,000 for each year of their legal studies, which will allow them to cover the rest of their tuition with federal student loans. “We’re not just educating future lawyers; we’re building a more just and equitable society,” Kaufman said. “This scholarship is a strategic investment in our extraordinary students and the clients and communities they will go on to serve.”
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
