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December 9, 2025 The 74 Million

Op-Ed by Equal Justice Works CEO Verna Williams: “When Public Service Becomes Financially Impossible, We All Lose”

In The 74 Million, Verna Williams, CEO of Equal Justice Works, writes that the entire public service ecosystem is at risk because of the Education Department's rule change.

September 17, 2025

Comment Letter on Proposed PSLF Rule

Re: Proposed Rulemaking, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Docket ID ED-2025-OPE-00165  Secretary McMahon,   Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed rule Docket ID ED-2025-OPE-00165. On behalf of…

March 17, 2025

PSLF Coalition’s Statement on Recent Executive Order

Last week, the White House issued an Executive Order directing the Secretary to propose revisions to the regulations governing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to bar public service…

January 14, 2025 AccessLex Institute

AccessLex Institute Partners with Equal Justice Works to Lead PSLF Coalition

October 3, 2024 PSLF Coalition

PSLF Coalition SAVE Letter

On behalf of the PSLF Coalition, we write to urge the Department of Education (the Department) to reconsider its position that time spent in forbearance as a result of the…

October 3, 2024 PSLF Coalition

PSLF Coalition SAVE Letter

On behalf of the PSLF Coalition, we write to urge the Department of Education (the Department) to reconsider its position that time spent in forbearance as a result of the…

August 31, 2023 Equal Justice Works

Recently Graduated From Law School and Haven’t Repaid Your Student Loans? Here Are Six Steps To Help You Reenter Repayment

April 20, 2023 Federal Student Aid

Payment Count Adjustments Toward Income-Driven Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Programs

More than 3.6 million William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program borrowers will receive at least three years of credit toward loan forgiveness, and many will see their…

December 15, 2022

PSLF Update Regarding the Error Emails That Many Borrowers Received

Millions of student debt borrowers were sent a confusing email from Federal Student Aid that reversed an earlier miscommunication that their applications for student debt relief had been approved. This email was related to the one-time relief plan for the Biden-Harris debt cancellation, not PSLF. You can check where you are at with earning PSLF by visiting https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

December 14, 2022 Sequoia Carrillo, NPR

An error email leaves 9 million student loan borrowers in limbo

Millions of student loan borrowers were left confused Tuesday morning after receiving an email reversing course on what they thought was an approval of their student debt relief applications.