{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-380","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-3-380","heading":"Legislative findings; purpose of subpart.","body":"The General Assembly finds that many attorneys graduate from law school with substantial education debt; that the debt that saddles law school graduates prohibits many from considering public interest work; that Georgia law firms, on average, pay first year associates more than twice the entry level salary for public interest work; that a need exists for public interest entities to hire competent attorneys; that the public is better served by competent and qualified attorneys working in the area of public interest; and that programs providing for education loan forgiveness to encourage law students and other attorneys to seek employment in the area of public interest would better enable public interest entities to attract and retain experienced and qualified attorneys.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 3 Postsecondary Education","Article 7 Scholarships, Loans, and Grants","PART 3 Georgia Student Finance Authority","Subpart 3A Public Interest Lawyers’ Fund"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"f1b28b2af7579337d94140828486b5e7f851964d7c5a1bc05c5e5f5032787989","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-375","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-3-381"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}