Policy Briefs, Reports & Press Releases Report: Gainful Employment: A Civil Rights Perspective, October 2019 Press Release: National Consumer Law Center Attorney to Testify on June 11 before U.S. House Oversight Committee on Student Loan Servicing, June 10, 2019 Report: Inequitable Judgments Examining Race and Federal Student Loan Collection Lawsuits, April 2019 Press Release More Policy Briefs, [...]

Policy Analysis Policy Briefs, Fact Sheets, Reports & Press Releases Brief: Unfinished Business: Roadmap for an Equitable Economic Recovery in 2022, Mar. 2022 Report: The Racial Health and Wealth Gap: Impact of Medical Debt on Black Families, Mar. 14, 2022 Press Release: New Report Examines Impact of Medical Debt on Black Families, Mar. 14, 2022 [...]

  Credit & Economic Opportunity || Equal Access to Higher Education Sustainable Homeownership || Equitable Access to Broadband, Media, Utilities, and Telecom Services HOT TOPICS Sign up for Racial Justice e-news! Brief: No Silver Bullet: Using Alternative Data for Financial Inclusion & Racial Justice, updated Jun. 2022 Brief: Unfinished Business: Roadmap for an Equitable Economic Recovery in 2022, Mar. [...]

The goal of Project Stay Connected is to maintain heating, electricity, gas, and phone services for low-income Massachusetts residents. Stay Connected staff attorneys - Jenifer Bosco, Charlie Harak, and Jeremiah Battle - provide free training and case advice for front-line social service workers and advocates in Massachusetts. See the events and courses offered below. We [...]

Gaps in State Oversight of For-Profit Higher Education Published Dec. 1, 2011©National Consumer Law Center Download the full report (PDF) Download the Executive Summary & Recommendations (PDF) Download the State-by-State Student Relief Chart (PDF) Download the press release (PDF) The astronomical growth in for-profit higher education has exposed increasing numbers of students to [...]

The National Consumer Law Center’s Massachusetts Economic Justice Project allows NCLC to work specifically in Massachusetts with local advocates helping low-income consumers and seniors facing difficulties in the marketplace. NCLC offers our consumer law expertise, recognized in Massachusetts and throughout the country, to Massachusetts legal service attorneys, private attorneys, and advocacy organizations who share our [...]

Case Consultations NCLC offers consultations to practitioners representing low-income California clients on consumer issues. Technical assistance is also provided in the form of NCLC’s expert testimony, and by NCLC co-counseling or referring cases to other California consumer lawyers. Training NCLC provides consumer law training for legal services programs, private lawyers, pro bono programs, and government [...]

NCLC operates a number of special projects and initiatives that take a comprehensive approach to the consumer law problems facing low-income Americans. Climate Change Justice Covid-19 & Consumer Protections Domestic Violence Survivors Disaster Relief & Consumer Protection Manufactured Housing Military Personnel Older Consumers Racial Justice and Equal Economic Opportunity State Advocacy Stay Connected Student Loan [...]

Arbitration || Autos || Consumer Protection || Credit Reports || Criminal Justice || Debt Collection || Employment || Housing || Installment Loans Prepaid Debt Cards and Payroll Cards || Student Loans || Utilities The National Consumer Law Center offers its consumer law expertise to legal service attorneys, private attorneys, and advocacy organizations who share our goals [...]

The independence and financial security of older adults are threatened by abusive practices in the marketplace. NCLC provides trainings and case consultation as well as legal assistance to attorneys and advocates for older adults in consumer and energy law. Our advocates specialize in foreclosure prevention and defense, debt collection, consumer fraud, and energy/utility assistance, among [...]