The Howard and Phyllis Eisenberg Fund is an endowed fund held by Marquette University that provides loan repayment assistance to Marquette University Law School graduates who pursue careers in public interest law. Dean Howard Eisenberg created the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) in 2001, and the program was later renamed in his honor and expanded through memorial contributions and other gifts.
The Law School recognizes that the legal community has a responsibility to help provide services to people who cannot afford representation. This program has been adopted in the hope that it may remove an obstacle to graduates interested in choosing a career serving the poor and underserved.
The amount of funds available for LRAP may not equal the needs of all qualifying applicants, and in all events the Law School has discretion to determine the recipients of funding and the funding levels.