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221.81 sec. 001 - Student Loan Law (Spring 2022)
Instructor: Suzanne Melanie Martindale (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
M 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 107
From January 10, 2022
To March 07, 2022
Course End: March 07, 2022
Class Number: 31908
This course is open to 1Ls.
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 21
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 23
As of: 07/19 11:58 AM
If you're a Berkeley student, chances are overwhelming that you're taking out loans to pay for school. These days most people in the U.S. - roughly 7 in 10 students - leave post-high school education with debt. The debt burdens fall disproportionately on women and people of color, exacerbating inequities in our society and creating barriers to building family wealth.
How did the promise of higher education turn into a mountain of debt? And what can we do to fix it?
In this course, students will develop a solid foundation in student loan law that helps them understand their own loans. The course will also cover ongoing litigation and policy developments at the state and federal level that touch on student debt. Economic justice, administrative procedure, consumer protection and federal preemption will all be discussed along the way. This course will have a series of written assignments.
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Suzanne Martindale is a proud Berkeley Law alum who is thrilled to be teaching this course.
Off campus, Suzanne serves as Senior Deputy Commissioner at the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation (DFPI), the state's financial regulator. DFPI licenses and regulates banks and credit unions as well as a wide range of non-bank products and services, including student loan servicers and private education finance providers. Suzanne runs the new Consumer Financial Protection Division, which is dedicated to expanding oversight of the financial industry to protect vulnerable communities.
Suzanne received her J.D. from Berkeley Law in 2010; M.A. in the Humanities from The University of Chicago in 2005; and B.A. in Philosophy from UC Berkeley in 2003.
(Oh and she just got PSLF - so feel free to ask her about her own experience repaying her loans!)
Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
Course Category: Social Justice and Public Interest
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
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