Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2019
Disciplines
Law
Abstract
As the rural lawyer shortage continues to grow, rural states and communities must find new ways of attracting law students and graduates to rural practice. This Article explores incentives based on conceptualizing rural private practice as public interest work. Rural lawyers provide public interest lawyering through pro bono cases, mixed practices, community service, and even through providing fee-paid services in rural communities. The Article asserts that law schools and rural communities can capitalize on this view to recruit new lawyers and argues that federal loan forgiveness programs should be expanded to cover rural lawyers.
Publication Title
71 MAINE LAW REVIEW 209
Recommended Citation
Haksgaard, Hannah, "Rural Practice as Public Interest Work" (2019). Faculty Publications. 222.
https://red.library.usd.edu/law-fp/222