BY THE end of the month, members of the New York State Bar Association Executive Committee will have in their hands a draft proposal that would offer law school debt relief to young attorneys – in return for devoting at least part of their careers to government or public interest law.

The draft is the product of a 22-member study group chaired by upstate attorney Henry M. Greenberg. The central idea, he said, would be to establish a not-for-profit foundation within the State Bar that would pool funds solicited from all segments of the legal community.