Strategy
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Please register now to reserve an early spot in line—registrants of this category will receive their first set of instructions one by one via email beginning January 5th.
This category's registrants will be applying real strategy work to the external support of goodwill solutions.
In the upcoming year of 2026, this category's work will be focusing on:
Student Debt
We will be supporting:
The Project on Predatory Student Lending
This category's registrant responsibilities include:
1. Pattern & Harm Documentation Support
Collect, organize, and synthesize student accounts of lending harms, servicer misconduct, or financial-aid failures to help identify patterns relevant to potential cases.
2. Evidence Environment Research
Compile publicly available materials — news reports, borrower complaints, academic studies, regulatory filings — that map the broader context surrounding predatory lending behavior.
3. Defendant / Industry Landscape Monitoring
Track public actions of lenders, servicers, or institutions involved in harmful practices, including public statements, policy changes, or media coverage that could influence case strategy.
4. Public Impact Data Gathering
Collect data on campus-level debt burdens, loan default risk, repayment struggles, and demographic impacts to strengthen the organization’s understanding of widespread harm.
5. Legal Narrative Support
Test public-facing narrative frames (e.g., “systemic misrepresentation,” “barriers to relief,” “servicer misconduct patterns”) to see which help the public recognize and articulate harms that align with case themes.
6. Amicus & Coalition Readiness Support
Identify potential partner organizations, campus institutions, or subject-matter experts who could serve as future amici, validators, or public-interest supporters—without discussing case specifics.
7. Public Record & Transparency Assistance
Help gather publicly accessible information such as state audits, consumer-protection reports, FOIA-able topics, and regulatory findings that can shape the strategic landscape around current or future cases.