Office of Financial Aid

The Office of Financial Aid determines eligibility for institutional financial aid and ensures that eligible students are appropriately awarded federal student aid.

In addition to managing the delivery of all types of financial aid funds, we offer law students financial services in the form of loan counseling, advice on maintaining financial aid eligibility, specialty information workshops and web-based tools to manage an education loan portfolio.

These are some of the subject areas to be discussed in the coming academic year:

• Strategic use of summer earnings
• Federal loan forgiveness program
• Tax implications on gift aid
• Locating outside scholarships
• Repairing a poor credit profile
• Identifying ways to pay for bar exam fees

Our goal is to help students learn the best ways to finance their legal education, while managing loan debt levels. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or concerns.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Address: 401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Located at the corner of Campus and E. Peltason drives

E-mail: finaid@law.uci.edu

Phone: (949) 824-8080

Fax: (949) 824-5848

“Today’s economy has brought

new challenges to the financial aid industry and to our students. I am committed to transferring our students’ hopes and aspirations into reality and helping them achieve their law degree dreams.”

Nasreen Zia
Financial Aid Director
949-824-0516
finaid@law.uci.edu