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South Dakota’s Pilot Bar Alternative Switches Out Studying Outlines For Community Service

Above The Law

South Dakota is working on implementing a program that will let you do just that. The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court.

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South Dakota Attorney General Convicted In Impeachment Trial

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Indigenous-led group sues South Dakota hotel owner over pledge to ban Native Americans

JURIST

Indigenous-led group NDN Collective announced Wednesday that it had filed a lawsuit in South Dakota federal court against a local hotel operator after she pledged on social media to ban Native Americans from the hotel. “We need to be clear.

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Google reaches $391.5M multi-state settlement over user location tracking

JURIST

Attorneys general in 40 states Monday announced a $391.5 While the settlement ends the present lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a new lawsuit against Google last month for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their informed consent.

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Morning Docket: 05.28.21

Above The Law

* A paralegal who was fired from her law firm job for feeding zoo animals in a viral video has found a new job. Yahoo News ] * A trial date has been set in the criminal case of the South Dakota Attorney General who allegedly hit a pedestrian with his car. Sounds like this person should be on Tiger King. [

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Why Regulatory Reform Is Desperately Needed in the U.S.

Attorney at Work

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. A lawyer in rural North Carolina shared that his law firm was one of two in a 40-mile radius. His law firm has not received an unsolicited resume from a lawyer in more than 10 years.

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Lack of Rural Lawyers Leaves Much of America Without Support

The Crime Report

Nebraska has a small state loan repayment program to help a few attorneys who agree to practice rurally; in a decade, the program has placed 39 lawyers in rural parts of the state. The situation is far worse in rural states such as South Dakota, with few attorneys outside of urban centers such as Rapid City and Sioux Falls.

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