Bankruptcy Judge Rips 'Myths' While Nixing Law Grad's Debt

By Mike LaSusa (January 9, 2020, 9:43 PM EST) -- A New York bankruptcy judge discharged more than $220,000 in student loan debt racked up by a self-represented law school graduate, slamming the "punitive standards" used by many of her peers on the bench and vowing "not [to] participate in perpetuating these myths."...

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