(Des Moines, IA) The Iowa Supreme Court chief justice says she’d like to see more programs that encourage lawyers to live and practice in rural areas. Justice Susan Christensen is a Harlan native and still lives in Shelby County. She says people talk about helping doctors and dentists pay student loans if they practice in rural communities – but no one thinks about lawyers until they need one. Christensen says the irony is that a lawyer who starts in a small town can get far more experience than a law school grad who lands a job at a big city firm.
