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Full-Text Articles in Rural Sociology
Rural Access To Justice In The Golden State, Lisa R. Pruitt
Rural Access To Justice In The Golden State, Lisa R. Pruitt
Lisa R Pruitt
This working paper analyzes the rural lawyer shortage and discusses other aspects of rural access to justice in the State of California. The paper provides detailed data on where lawyers are and are not practicing in the state. It will be published as part of an article comparing rural access to justice in South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Georgia and California.
Legal Deserts: A Multi-State Perspective On Rural Access To Justice, Lisa R. Pruitt , Amanda L. Kool, Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Michele Statz, Danielle M. Conway, Hannah Haksgaard
Legal Deserts: A Multi-State Perspective On Rural Access To Justice, Lisa R. Pruitt , Amanda L. Kool, Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Michele Statz, Danielle M. Conway, Hannah Haksgaard
Lisa R Pruitt
Rural America faces an increasingly dire access-to-justice crisis, which serves to exacerbate the already disproportionate share of social problems afflicting rural areas. One critical aspect of that crisis is the dearth of information and research regarding the extent of the problem and its impacts. This article begins to fill that gap by providing surveys of rural access to justice in six geographically, demographically, and economically varied states: California, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition to providing insights about the distinct rural challenges confronting each of these states, the legal resources available, and existing policy responses, the article …
A Case Study In Rural Community Economic Development: Hill County Health & Wellness Center, Lisa R. Pruitt
A Case Study In Rural Community Economic Development: Hill County Health & Wellness Center, Lisa R. Pruitt
Lisa R Pruitt
This short article was written for a symposium issue on the role of law and lawyers in community economic development. The symposium issue arose from an AALS 2017 Discussion Group session about whether “law matters” in the context of community economic development and, if so, how and why law matters. The case study presented here is about a rural community health care center, Hill Country Health and Wellness, in far northern California’s Shasta County. The case study tracks the use—or lack thereof—of lawyers by the center’s founder and principal, and it discusses these phenomena against a backdrop of rural lack …