State LRAP Programs & Contacts
There are 24 statewide loan repayment assistance programs (LRAPs) providing assistance in the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska (two programs), New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia. Kansas has an LRAP that operates in 50 of the state's 105 counties. (See Program Contact information listed below).
These 24 LRAPs range in size and scope. Almost all require participants to be working in public interest law. Some are funded through state legislative appropriations while others rely on funding from the private sector or from Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) funding.
The statewide LRAPs are summarized in these charts.
- Statewide LRAPs Summary
- Statewide LRAPs Funding
- Statewide LRAPs Eligible Loans
- Statewide LRAPs Eligible Employment
State LRAPs and Contacts
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
District of Columbia Bar Foundation
Imoni Washington
lrap@dcbarfoundation.org
202-835-9023
FLORIDA
The Florida Bar Foundation
Kate York
kyork@thefloridabarfoundation.org
407-960-7000
ILLINOIS
The Chicago Bar Foundation
Sun-Times Public Interest Law Fellowship (LRAP award)
Dina Merrell
dmerrell@chicagobar.org
312-554-1206
INDIANA
Indiana Bar Foundation
Justice Richard M. Givan Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Michael Tranovich
mtranovich@inbf.org
317-269-2415
KANSAS
Kansas Department of Commerce
Rural Opportunity Zones Student Loan Repayment
Rachéll Rowand
rachell.rowand@ks.gov
785-207-4755
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Bar Foundation
Renee Bienvenu LeBoeuf
renee@raisingthebar.org
504-561-1046
MAINE
Maine Justice Foundation
Joan Gilbert
jgilbert@justicemaine.org
207-622-3477
MARYLAND
Maryland Higher Education Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program
Terica Prater
terica.prater@maryland.gov
410- 767-3114
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
Lonnie Powers
lpowers@mlac.org
617-367-1414
MINNESOTA
Loan Repayment Assistance Program of MN (LRAP-MN)
Heather Rastorfer Vlieger
HeatherRV@mnbar.org
612-278-6315
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Bar Foundation
Angie K. Cook
acook@msbar.org
601- 948-5234
MONTANA
Montana Justice Foundation
Niki Zupanic
mjf@mtjustice.org
406-523-3920
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation
Doris J. Huffman
doris@nebarfnd.org
402- 475-1042
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy
Rita J. Wesely
rwesely@ncpa.ne.gov
402-471-8088
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Bar Foundation
Lisha Nelson
lnelson@nhbarfoundation.org
603-715-3210
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Higher Education Department
Public Service Law Loan Repayment Program
Mia Candelaria
miapcandelaria@state.nm.us
505-476-8411
NEW YORK
New York Higher Education Services Corporation
NYS District Attorney and Indigent Legal Services Attorney Loan Forgiveness (DALF) Program
scholarships@hesc.ny.gov
888-697-4372
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Fund
Esther Hall
ehall@ncleaf.org
919-845-6089
OHIO
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Susan Choe
schoe@olaf.org
614-715-8568
OREGON
Oregon State Bar
Cathy Petrecca
cpetrecca@osbar.org
503-431-6355
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
info@pabarfoundation.org
888-238-3036
TEXAS
Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Lisa Melton
ldmelton@teajf.org
512- 320-0099
VERMONT
Vermont Bar Foundation
Deborah Bailey
dbailey@vtbarfoundation.org
802-223-1400
VIRGINIA
Legal Services Corporation of Virginia
Mark D. Braley
mark.lscv@mindspring.com
804-782-9438