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Understanding Rural Legal Deserts to Inform Public Policy, South Dakota Law Review

Author: dpeters

New paper on rural legal deserts!

“Understanding Rural Legal Deserts to Inform Public Policy: Identifying and Describing Lawyer Gaps in Non-Metropolitan Counties”, South Dakota Law Review 70(2), by David Peters, Emma Bartling, and Emily Meyer.
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Or read the summary in the ISU Extension bulletin. Access bulletin SOC 3110.

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