Harvard Law School’s Magazine, The Practice, Features Work of RSS Members in Issue on Legal Deserts
In the August/September issue of The Practice, a Harvard Law School Magazine, RSS members Hannah Haksgaard, Lisa R. Pruitt, David Peters, and Elizabeth Chambliss share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing legal professionals working in rural settings. From access to justice to the role of legal education in channeling lawyers to rural communities, the stories in the issue, dedicated to the topic “Legal Deserts,” highlights the legal needs of those communities.
“South Dakota’s Rural Attorney Recruitment “program is still going strong and is working in collaboration with a state bar taskforce to find new ways to support rural lawyers . . . [and] figure[e] out the gaps in rural mentorship and how a statewide program can fill those gaps.” — Hannah Haksgaard, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law
The feature underscores the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the need for systemic change to ensure that legal services reach all corners of society, including rural America.