SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Supreme Court was at USD on Thursday, and law students were eager to hear and learn from the cases to prepare for their own careers as attorneys someday.

“The Supreme Court is so accessible to us and they’re so open to talk to students and build those relationships,” said Grace Casper, who is in her second year of law school at the University of South Dakota. “There was a reception this last Tuesday with all this, with the court. And students, you know, too well, like myself, was able to speak with associate justices and the chief justice as well.”

Programs like the Rural Attorney Recruitment Program help fight against the legal desert and lawyer shortage in the state. It also creates opportunities for new attorneys in the field who

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