PBS News Weekend

Season 4, Episode 95 of 99

As new law school graduates struggle to find full time jobs and as states cope with a decline in lawyers in rural parts of their states, South Dakota is running a program to entice attorneys to live and work in its rural areas. The program is the first of its kind in the United States and pays attorneys $12,500 annual stipends to work in a rural community, as long as they agree to stay for five years. With funding from the state legislature, the program has filled its 16 slots and has authorized 16 more. NewsHour Weekend Correspondent Christopher Booker reports on Saturday.

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