Publication Date
12-2022
Document Type
Comment
Abstract
The lack of attorneys in rural America is not merely a social or cultural problem—it is a legal problem that officers of the courts cannot continue to ignore. Legal deserts are geographical areas where legal services are widely unavailable. Particularly in rural Georgia, legal deserts are a substantial issue. Attorneys and nonprofit organizations have attempted to ease the detrimental effects of legal deserts in a variety of ways; for various reasons, those efforts have been insufficient, and rural counties struggle to attract lawyers. Still, there is one method of resolving legal deserts that Georgia has yet to attempt: creating an exception in Georgia’s Rules of Professional Conduct to allow legal paraprofessionals to obtain a limited license to practice law.
Recommended Citation
Claxton, Amanda
(2022)
"Liberty and Justice for Y’all: Allowing Legal Paraprofessionals to Practice Law to Reduce the Effects of Legal Deserts in Rural Georgia,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 74:
No.
1, Article 22.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol74/iss1/22