Kansas hopes to lure law students to rural areas by offering to pay part of their tuition

Kansas hopes to lure law students to rural areas by offering to pay part of their tuition

BY ANNA KAMINSKIKansas Reflector TOPEKA — Legislators want the state of Kansas to pay local law students a stipend if they promise to practice in a rural part of the state upon graduation. They also want to repay the student loans of working rural attorneys. It’s all part of an effort to address a persistent rural attorney shortage. House Bill 2595, or the “attorney training for rural Kansas act,” creates two programs meant to attract and retain…