Oregon law school graduate beats back $50,000 in student loans

Mike Hedlund waged a 10-year legal battle to force his lender to discharge most of the $85,000 in federal student loans he built up while earning his 1997 law degree from Willamette University in Salem. He argued that, even when working full-time and living frugally, he could not repay that much money and also maintain a minimal standard of living for himself and his family.

Last week, in a decision that could affect debtors in eight states, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., ruled in Hedlund’s favor.

By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian

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