Our latest digest shares insights from Hon. Zachary R. Walden & Alexandra Rogers on Tennessee’s Rural Judicial Fellowship and how immersive clerkships can help build a stronger pipeline of lawyers committed to rural practice.
📢 We’re excited to share a new commentary by Erika Allen Wolters & Kevin Pirch on public land access in the American West, examining the challenges of checkerboard land ownership and legal conflicts over “corner crossing”:
What does it take to relocate an entire community?
A recent digest shares Sophia Tidler’s analysis of climate adaptation in rural Alaska and how gaps in federal decommissioning policy and limited consultation impact Native communities.
Where are lawyers missing from rural America—and how should we measure gaps?
Our newest digest shares work by David J. Peters, Emma Bartling, and Emily Meyer on rethinking “legal deserts.”
This week's digest shares Theodosia Stavroulaki's work on the “healing power of antitrust” in rural healthcare, highlighting how hospital mergers and noncompete agreements contribute to care shortages and inequality.
In a recent digest, we shared Eduardo Villavicencio-Pinto's analysis of how land concentration and water access shape rural poverty in Chile, particularly under the pressures of climate change.
New commentary on the Review: an important examination by @cassieforky.bsky.social of how place shapes access to domestic violence protective orders.
Two studies highlight overlooked barriers for rural residents and calls for greater attention to underserved communities.
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New digest featuring Jonathan Rosenbloom’s work on the Mississippi River watershed, nutrient pollution, and how local governments can improve water quality in despite federal and state level constraints:
This month's roundup shares an article about storytelling & land-use conflict in Bears Ears, news coverage of Indigenous organizing against data center development, a free webinar on rural disaster recovery and more.
This week's digest shares @fhisey.bsky.social & Jonah Olsen's investigation of the role of conservation easements in protecting endangered grasslands while navigating landowner concerns about control and stewardship.
By Erika Allen Wolters (Oregon State University) and Kevin Pirch (Eastern Washington University). As the United States expanded its territory into the American West, the federal government’s di...
In Justice on the Backroads: The TBA YLD’s Answer to the Rural Attorney Shortage , Hon. Zachary R. Walden (Criminal Court judge for Tennessee’s 8th Judicial District) and Alix Rogers (Belmont Unive...
In The Geography of Property Rights: Land Concentration, Irrigation Access and Rural Poverty Under Climate Change in Chile , Eduardo Villavicencio-Pinto (Law, University of Kent, England) examines th...
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I began my career as a legal aid attorney representing low-income survivors of violence in rural Kentucky. This experience led me to try to understand the impact of place on domestic violence protecti...
In Feed it to the Ocean: The Federal Approach to Decommissioning in Alaska Native Climate Adaptation Project , Sophia Tidler (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Law) highlights the importance of decommis...
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In Understanding Rural Legal Deserts to Inform Public Policy: Identifying and Describing Lawyer Gaps in Non-Metropolitan Counties , David J. Peters, Emma Bartling, and Emily Meyer (all Agricultural a...
In The Healing Power of Antitrust , Theodosia Stavroulaki (Saint Louis University School of Law) analyzes the effects of noncompete and merger agreements between rural hospitals, which lead to “hospi...
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In Catching Nutrients in a Net: Collective Action, Institutional Impediments, and the Mississippi River Watershed , Jonathan Rosenbloom (Albany Law School) investigates the role of local governments ...
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A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items.
In Collaborative Management on the Eastern Slopes: The Waldron Ranch Grazing Cooperative and Conservation Easement Motivations , Forrest Hisey (Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, University of To...
