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Education

Apr. 15, 2011

Will Pepperdine Program Succeed?

Pepperdine University School of Law has launched a microfinance program that pairs students with residents of a homeless shelter to help them start their own businesses, but some of its graduates say it's easier said than done.


By Susan McRae


Daily Journal Staff Writer


MALIBU - Building on its mission to "eradicate poverty worldwide," Pepperdine University School of Law last year launched a program that pairs law students with potential entrepreneurs from a homeless shelter to help them start their own businesses.


Some graduates of the Microfinance Program, though, say it's easier said than done.


Roderick Rose, who completed the 12-week train...

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