Being A Lawyer In Fly-Over Country

A small-town judge wants more lawyers to join her in America's heartland.

It feels like going back in time.

— Judge Donna Taylor describing her life as a rural lawyer, where a condition of her lease required her to raise chickens. It sounds like a lonely life serving in a town with only three lawyers. Still, Judge Taylor is hopeful that new debt forgiveness programs will help grow the market and put a dent in the justice gap.

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