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The Office of Financial Resource
Management is committed to helping current
and prospective
Seton Hall Law students find the means to obtain a
legal education. We can guide you to a variety of
available resources, as financial aid may consist of
any combination of scholarships, grants, loans and
work. Our staff is available to help students
throughout the financial aid process.
Financial aid is granted on the basis of need and/or
academic merit and comes from both public and private
sources. The primary source of financial aid is
long-term educational loans. With the federal and
private loan programs available, nearly every student
may obtain assistance to meet law school costs.
Karen Sokol
Director of Financial Resource Management
Applying for Aid
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File a Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online at
www.fafsa.ed.gov.
The FAFSA may be filed electronically any time after
January 1, 2008 for the 2008-09 academic year. Seton
Hall Law’s priority deadline is April 1, 2008. Seton Hall Law's
School Code:
G09986.
For the 2008-09 year, you will be asked to complete
information regarding your 2007 federal income taxes.
You can complete the FAFSA using estimated data if you
are completing the FAFSA prior to completing (or filing)
your 2007 taxes. All graduate and professional students
are considered independent students for purposes
of applying for federal aid, thus, parental information
is not required.
The FAFSA must be completed each year. We
encourage you to file early and to file a FAFSA even if
you are unsure if you will require financial aid
assistance.
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Review your Student Aid Report
(SAR) when it is received. Make any necessary
changes at www.fafsa.ed.gov as soon as possible.
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Submit additional information as
requested by the Financial Aid Office. The data from
your financial aid application is matched against
several federal agencies such as: the Social Security
Administration, the Selective Service System, the US
Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the US Department of
Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security. You
may be asked for additional documentation to confirm
your eligibility for federal student aid. The financial
aid office will notify you in writing of any additional
required documents. Failure to complete the financial
aid application and to submit all requested
documentation may result in the loss of institutional,
federal, and state aid, which includes scholarships,
grants, and student loans.
Verification: In this process, the school is
required to compare information reported on your Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) with signed
copies of your federal income tax documents. If your
application is selected for verification, you will be
asked to submit a copy of your (and your spouses if you
are married) 2007 Federal Tax forms, W-2 forms, or other
financial documents, along with a completed Federal
Verification Worksheet.
http://ifap.ed.gov/vgworksheets/attachments/0809AVGCh4c.pdf
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Review your Award Letter. Financial Aid Award Letters are sent to applicants with
completed financial aid files after an offer of
admission is made. You must
act, however, to receive Federal Loans and/or Private
Loans.
Apply for Loans
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