Borrowers may be eligible for forgiveness of the federal student loans used to attend a school if that school misled them or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain laws. 
This type of loan forgiveness is called borrower defense to repayment, sometimes abbreviated to borrower defense. Learn more in the sections below to see whether you may qualify. 

Borrower Defense Application 
who attended Corinthian Colleges Everest, Heald, and WyoTech with a first date of attendance between July 1 , 2010, and Sept. 30 , 2014, and are seeking federal student loan forgiveness through borrower defense Borrowers will complete a Corinthian - specific application. For more information about forgiveness of federal student loan used to attend Corinthian Colleges , go to the Information about Debt Relief for Corinthian Colleges Students page. All other borrowers applying for borrower defense MUST submit their application using one of the U.S. Department of Education ED borrower defense application forms provided in the sections below. Please read the instructions provided within the application before filling out the application form. Please note that the instructions also include information for parent PLUS borrowers. To apply for federal student loan forgiveness based on borrower defense , complete an online application form. Within the online application form , you will be required to provide your signature digitally. It is helpful to include additional documentation as part of your application by uploading additional electronic documents for example, scanned PDF documents. ED recommends you prepare the additional documentation prior to starting the application process. If you choose to submit additional documents as part of your borrower defense application , the following types of documents are among those that may be helpful to your application : to confirm the school for which you are applying for borrower defense, your program of study, and your dates of enrollment

user: I have heard that borrowers may be able to avail of forgiveness of their federal student loans if the school was found to have misled the borrower or engaged in misconduct. Is this true?

assistant: Yes, this does exist and is known as borrower defense to repayment, or borrower defense for short. Ther are sections on the website that go into this aspect further

user: How do I access notifications regarding the Sweet v. DeVos Lawsuit, are they available to the public?

assistant: Notifications regarding the Sweet v. DeVos Lawsuit will be emailed by the US Government in June/July 2020. These notifications will be emailed to borrower defense applicants who are deemed to be potential members of the group of borrowers that this lawsuit applies to. The notifications will inform this group of borrowers that there is a proposed settlement of the lawsuit

assistant: Are there questions that you have about these notifications that are not answered on the website?

user: No, I have gone into this fully yet, but may do so in the near future

user: What is included under the term borrower defense discharge when related to the term Direct Loan?

assistant: We define the term Direct Loan in 34 CFR 685.206 to include Direct Consolidation loans