Legal Group Launches Program to Boost Rural Workforce

A state bar association has launched a training academy to address workforce challenges in rural areas.

In late January, the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) announced the creation of its Rural Practice Academy, a yearlong program designed to encourage lawyers to pursue work in counties that have been identified as underserved "legal deserts"—counties with less than one attorney per 1,000 people.

ISBA Executive Director Joe Skeel, CAE, said the legal profession is facing similar challenges to accounting, healthcare and other areas where the workforce supply isn't meeting demand. 

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