SD Rural Lawyer
Ensuring the vitality of the rural Main Street legal practice for current and future generations.
Is Bigger Always Better?
The picturesque lawyer. We are all familiar with the image. As law students, we envision ourselves in crisp suits, shoes polished, not a hair out of place, jumping out of our Mercedes and entering our high rise office elevator on our way up to our corner office with all-glass walls overlooking the bustling city… [Continue Reading]
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 Urban Dictionary in courtrooms throughout the United States. The article defined the site as “a crowdsourced collection… [Continue Reading]
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 more lucratively. If you are working on contract for the government, reimbursement for your time spent in traffic… [Continue Reading]
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 information, anecdotes, and applications to fill a thick tome does it gain legitimacy. So what of the niche of rural legal studies? Well,… [Continue Reading]
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 should take a look at these two public defender positions in West River South Dakota. The Assistant Public Defender position with Pennington County… [Continue Reading]
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Important Websites
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Association – Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
- Center for Rural Affairs
- Dakota Roots
- South Dakota Magazine
- State Bar of South Dakota
- State Bar of South Dakota – Stress and Depression Resources
- State Bar of South Dakota President – Facebook Group
- Unified Judicial System – State of South Dakota
Legal Research Links
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