On today's show...
South Dakota has a rural law program leading the nation in small-town lawyer recruitment. We spend the hour exploring the lawyer shortage and how to address it.
Hannah Haksgaard, J.D., is a professor at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. She takes us into the pages of her book "The Rural Lawyer: How to Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities Thrive."
We discuss the importance of lawyers to small towns and the importance of small towns to the rest of the state (1:10-11:53).
Then we explore the state's first-of-its-kind rural lawyer recruitment program.
Patrick Goetzinger is co-chair of South Dakota's Project Rural Justice. He is also a private practice attorney in Rapid City and is a former president of the State Bar of South Dakota (11:53-38:44).
Plus, we talk to a lawyer who went to law school and then boomeranged back to his small hometown.
William Hustead is the founder of the Hustead Law Office in Hot Springs (38:44-49:40).
