Book Talk: The Rural Lawyer by Hannah Haksgaard
The Rural Lawyer:
How to Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities Thrive
October 9, 2025, from 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
Free Public Event - Hosted at the University of Nebraska College of Law (Rm 111)
Bring your own lunch. The Project will provide dessert.
The Rural Reconciliation Project at the University of Nebraska College of Law - along with the Greater Nebraska Connections student organization - will host Hannah Haksgaard, Professor at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, at the University of Nebraska College of Law on October 9, 2025, in Room 111.
Professor Haksgaard will be discussing her new book, The Rural Lawyer: How To Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities Thrive (Cambridge University Press, 2025). The presentation will address policy responses to the rural lawyer shortage and will include a discussion of what the rural practice of law is like for new attorneys.
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