Our Publications
The Student Loan Law Initiative was founded in 2018 with a goal of increasing research into all aspects of educational debt and its consequences. This is a list of publications SLLI has sponsored or that have been authored by its leadership.
2024
Research Report
Daniel A. Collier, Dan Fitzpatrick, Chloe Fann, Frederick Engram, Carol Bruzzano, Mecca Keyes, Informing Trust: PSLF Online Communities Fill Communication Gaps (2024). [video showcase of report]
2024
Legal Memo
Student Loan Law Initiative, The Department of Education's "Waiver" Authority and Financial Hardship (Jan. 30, 2024).
2024
Research Report
Daniel A. Collier, Dan Fitzpatrick, Chloe Fann, Frederick Engram, Carol Bruzzano, and Mecca Keyes, Dub Thee, The Forgiven: A Qualitative Exploration of What Achieving Forgiveness Through PSLF Means to Borrowers (2024). [video showcase of report]
2024
Research Report
Daniel A. Collier, Dan Fitzpatrick, Chloe Fann, Frederick Engram, Carol Bruzzano, and Mecca Keyes, Pause and Effect: Examining the Dynamics of the Student Loan Pause and the Challenge of Resuming Payments for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Borrowers (2024). [video showcase of report]
2023
Research Report
Sultana Fouzia, Dalié Jiménez, and Jonathan Glater, Student Loans in California: A Narrative of Racial Inequality (2023).
2023
Research Report
Sultana Fouzia, Marshall Steinbaum, Dalié Jiménez, and Jonathan Glater, Financial Hardship Among Student Borrowers (2023).
2023
Research Report
Dalié Jiménez, Jonathan Glater, and Sultana Fouzia, Student Loan Payment Pause: Assessing Financial Distress in California (2023).
2022
Research Report
Charlie Eaton, Jonathan Glater, Laura Hamilton & Dalié Jiménez, Creditor Colleges: Canceling Debts that Surged during COVID-19 for Low-Income Students (2022).
2022
Research Report
Daniel A. Collier & Dan Fitzpatrick, Jubilee and Jubilation: An Examination of the Relationship between Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Measures of Well-Being (2022).
2021
Legal Memo
Marshal Lawler & Michelle Dold, Memorandum: For-Profit Schools as Covered Persons under the CFPA, (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
John R. Brooks, Revisiting Relief for the Taxation of Student Loan Discharge and Cancellation (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Mike Pierce, Revisiting Relief for Borrowers Working in Public Service (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Robyn Smith, Revisiting Relief for Students Harmed by School Closures (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Bethany Lilly & John Whitelaw, Revisiting Relief for Borrowers with Disabilities (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Claire Torchiana & Winston Berkman-Breen, Revisiting Relief for Borrowers who Fall Through the Cracks in Discharge Programs (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Persis Yu, Revisiting Relief for Borrowers Waiting for Income Driven Repayment (2021).
2021
Revising Debt Relief Series
Eileen M. Connor, Revisiting Relief for Borrowers with a Defense to Repayment (2021).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Persis Yu, Relief for Borrowers in Income-Driven Repayment (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Matthew A. Bruckner, The Forgotten Stewards of Higher Education Quality, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 1 (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Eileen Connor & Toby Merrill, Relief for Borrowers with a Defense to Repayment (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Deanne Loonin, Illusory Due Process: The Broken Student Loan Hearing System, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 173 (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Alan White, The Contract State, Program Failure, and Congressional Intent: The Case of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 255 (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Creola Johnson, Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Victimized by “Relief” Companies Masquerading as Legitimate Help, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 105 (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Michael Pierce & Rebecca Maurer, Relief for Public Service Workers (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
John Whitelaw & Bethany Lilly, Relief for Borrowers with Disabilities (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Dalié Jiménez & Jonathan Glater, Student Debt is a Civil Rights Issue: The Case for Debt Relief and Higher Education Reform, 55 C.L. L. Rev. (Forthcoming).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Ashley Harrington & Mark Huelsman, Introduction: The Urgency and Equity of Student Debt Cancellation (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
John R. Brooks, The Tax Treatment of Student Loan Discharge and Cancellation (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
Prentiss Cox, Judith Fox & Stacey Tutt, Forgotten Borrowers: Protecting Private Student Loan Borrowers Through State Law, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 43 (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Rye Salerno & Erik Manukyan, Relief for Borrowers with a Disqualifying Status (2020).
2020
Delivering on Debt Relief Series
Michael Saunders, Relief for Servicemembers and Veterans (2020).
2020
Law Review Article
David S. Rubenstein, State Regulation of Federal Contractors: Three Puzzles of Procurement Preemption, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 207 (2020).
2019
Congressional Testimony
2018
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, The Sequential Movement Challenge of Higher Education Access, 5 Belmont L. Rev. 1 (2018).
2018
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, Law and the Conundrum of Higher Education Quality, 51 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1211 (2018).
2017
Law Review Article
Alexei Alexandrov & Dalié Jiménez, Lessons from Bankruptcy Reform in the Private Student Loan Market, 11 Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. 175 (2017).
2015
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, Student Debt and Higher Education Risk, 103 Cal. L. Rev. 1561 (2015).
2015
Book Chapter
Xiaoling Ang & Dalié Jiménez, Private Student Loans and Bankruptcy: Did Four-Year Undergraduates Benefit from the Increased Collectability of Student Loans, in Student Loans and the Dynamics of Debt 175 (2015).
2015
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, Student Debt and the Siren Song of Systemic Risk (UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 85, 2015).
2013
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, The Unsupportable Cost of Variable Pricing of Student Loans, 70 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 2137 (2013).
2011
Law Review Article
Jonathan Glater, The Other Big Test: Why Congress Should Allow College Students to Borrow More Through Federal Aid Programs, 14 NYU J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y (2011).