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9 - The Finances of Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2025

Hannah Haksgaard
Hannah Haksgaard
Affiliation:
University of South Dakota
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The first year or two of rural practice has been financially fraught for lawyers in the Rural Attorney Recruitment Program, but earnings have steadily increased for most lawyers. This chapter considers the financial position of the lawyers, looking at hourly rates, salary, benefits, government pay, and pay structure. It also considers the importance of the stipend and how lawyers used the stipend, concluding that the stipend was crucial for most lawyers.

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salarybar examinationcompensationgovernment payrural job lossrural economieshourly ratesstipend
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The Rural Lawyer
How To Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities Thrive
 , pp. 125 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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