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April 19th 2006 • Printer version  Defending the Defenseless
by Ed Dorsch
When I come home, I tell my fiancé a lot of sad
stories, says Laura Sadowski, J.D. 05, a Lane County Juvenile Court law clerk
in
Eugene. Like the three-year-old who moved into a foster home, then
started keeping food in his room because he just couldnt believe that he would
get regular meals. Or the
children on the sidewalk in front of their home, trying to open cans of
soup by pounding them on the curb. When youre a lawyer helping kids,
heartbreak is part of the territory.
Sadowski is one of the first two recipients
of $4,000 Loan Repayment Assistance Awards for graduates who work in
public interest jobs. She passed the bar in July and is gaining practical
experience that will prepare her for a career in family and juvenile
law.
So far, donors have contributed more than
$300,000 to endow the Loan
Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP). Sadowski and Coos Bay public
defender Stacey Kay Lowe, J.D. '03 both received awards last November.
When Sadowski got the news about the LRAP award, It was like a huge
burden had been lifted from my shoulders. Regardless of how much I was
going to make this year, I would be able to start making a small dent
in a very large pile of debt, she says. That pile is $60,000a typical
amount for law school graduates and an even greater burden for those
who pursue public interest law.
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