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Urban Lawyer or Rural Lawyer – It’s Really All About the Community
A few communities in South Dakota serve as the border between “urban” and “rural.” Aberdeen, with a population at just over 26,000, is one of those communities. As you can see from the picture of...
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Be a Rural Attorney, Build the Social Fabric of Rural America
The American Legion and other veterans organizations play an important role in many communities in South Dakota. They often fulfill many more needs than people would suspect. For instance, the Legion...
View ArticleWe Few, We Merry Few, We Rural Attorneys
There is a camaraderie in shared struggle, and most people, including rural attorneys, would admit that. It is fair to say that most rural attorneys would not admit that their careers are generally...
View ArticleAttorneys and Rural South Dakota’s Coffee Culture
Coffee may very well be the attorney’s greatest friend. Yes, its stimulant effects are legion and legendary. Many a brief, interrogatory and motion has been hammered out into the wee hours of the...
View ArticleJanuary 2013 Updates – PRP Featured in South Dakotan Lawyer
After a holiday hiatus, the activity level with Project Rural Practice is picking back up again. The Employment Board has its first job posted and others are in the pipeline. Bennett, Main and Gubbrud...
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Legal Research and the Rural Lawyer – January 24, 2013
Go into many rural law offices today and you will still be greeted by walls of stately legal tomes gracing offices and atriums. Far from being a mere design aesthetic, these books continue to serve a...
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Featured Books on Rural Legal Practice – January 29, 2013
A few ideas have trickled in to PRP regarding books of interest to attorneys regarding rural practice. Some of these books may cover the nuts-and-bolts technicalities of a rural practice, or they may...
View ArticleFebruary 2013 Updates – New Job Listings and PRP in the News
This month, we have two positions posted on our employment site. Attorney James Taylor has an opening for an attorney position in his general practice firm who will serve as a Deputy State’s Attorney...
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February 21, 2013 – American Bar Association – Recent Posts on Rural Practice
Members of Project Rural Practice have been scouring the internet, and sources of legal authority in particular, to find new resources and stories on rural practice. No greater authority than the...
View ArticleRural Attorneys – Every Good Hunting Party Needs One
Moving from a more urban area to the country is certainly not the expected path. Telling your friends about your decision to strike out to a smaller community will bring interesting results. They may...
View ArticlePRP Updates – March 2013
HUGE NEWS – HB 1096 is now law! On March 21, Governor Daugaard signed this “rural attorney recruitment bill”, which is designed to assist counties with 10,000 people or less attract new legal talent....
View ArticleApril 2013 Updates – PRP in the News
The success of HB 1096, straightforwardly coined the “Rural Attorney Recruitment Bill,” has mustered a drumbeat of interest throughout the country. The New York Times profiled the legislation, and...
View ArticleOne Client at a Time – A Commentary
This past Tuesday, the New York Times gave Project Rural Practice the attention and credit it well deserves. Ethan Bronner’s front-page article hit the trifecta: it expertly described the growing...
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PRP Updates – May 2013
May updates for Project Rural Practice include a number of new positions available on the job board. Attorneys with an interest in public service, or attorneys interested in a very rewarding challenge...
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Featured Books on Rural Legal Practice 2 – June 8, 2013
Every great human endeavor requires a textbook. It’s just a fact, perhaps even one of the few iron laws of higher education (along with increasing tuition). Only when a concept generates enough...
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Driving These Wide-Open Spaces – A Perk of a Rural Attorney – June 10, 2013
As any attorney stuck in traffic for hours on the way to a deposition on the other side of the city, romanticizing the wide open road may sound absurd. Driving takes time that could be billed much...
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June 17, 2013 – A “Rural” Dictionary?
A month ago, the New York Times posted a story on their front page, entitled “For the Word on the Street, Courts Call Up an Online Witness.” The piece is about the increasing use of a website called...
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Is Bigger Always Better?
Downtown Osaka by Photo Everywhere. Attribution: image by photoeverywhere – stockarch.com The picturesque lawyer. We are all familiar with the image. As law students, we envision ourselves in crisp...
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Rural Practice Realized: A Success Story
Corey Bruning of Bruning & Lewis Law Firm, PLLC My name is Corey Bruning, and I am about six months into operating a law firm in my hometown. I moved to Flandreau in the summer of 1984. Growing...
View ArticleSave the Date – South Dakota Law Review Presents Rural Practice Symposium in...
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