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Student Defense and the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement at Drake University hosted a special screening of the award-winning documentary Fail State.

An Illinois borrower sued Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education, for unlawfully denying him a loan discharge after his school closed while he was on leave...

The U.S. Department of Education agreed to discharge approximately $63,000 of student loan debt owed by Christine Gold, who was defrauded by the predatory Court Reporting Institute in Seattle.

Student Defense, in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers, formally requested a public hearing on Secretary DeVos's proposed weakening of accountability standards for accreditors.

Chief Counsel Dan Zibel, along with former Illinois AG Lisa Madigan, penned an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about how states can hold loan servicers accountable for harming students.

NSLDN issued a statement responding to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's rescission of the Gainful Employment rule.

The National Student Legal Defense Network issued a statement after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that student loan servicers can be held accountable under state consumer protection laws....

Washington D.C.—  Today, two former students of Virginia College, represented by the National Student Legal Defense Network and Democracy Forward, filed a class action against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department...

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Student Legal Defense Network (NSLDN) filed a class action lawsuit today on behalf of student borrowers who have been subjected to illegal debt collections by...