HOW AND WHY WE HELP

The holding or freezing of student transcripts as debt-collection leverage puts education out of reach for the less fortunate.

Attorney Philip Schwalb calls the behavior 

"a cruel tactic similar to debtor's prisons, which the U.S. outlawed nearly 200 years ago." Schwalb has been a lawyer and licensed member of the bar for over 30 years.

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He has a bachelor's degree with honors from Duke University, and a law degree from Emory University where he was 3-time winner of the American Jurisprudence award for placing first in class.

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Schwalb has been an adjunct professor at one of the top liberal arts colleges in the Southeast U.S., and has lectured multiple times at both NYU's and Columbia University's schools of business.

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Mr. Schwalb has had successes (at no expense to students) obtaining the official sealed transcripts and Student Clearinghouse approvals necessary to resume undergraduate or graduate studies.  

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For three years, and at no cost to the student, Mr. Schwalb and FreeMyTranscript.org have successfully fought for individuals whose college or graduate school plans were temporarily or permanently destroyed by "held transcripts."