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Rural lawyer shortage crimps Central Idaho counties (access required)

by IBR Contributor
Published: September 29,2008
Time posted: 1:00 am

Rural northcentral Idaho communities facing a shortage of lawyers to work as public defenders or represent hospital and school districts have been forced to hire legal counsel from as far as 100 miles away. Some blame this dearth of counselors on higher salaries offered in ...



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