UT Law School helps launch initiative to bring more attorneys to rural northwest Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A divorce, a dispute over farmland or help starting a small business — legal questions come in all forms, but in many rural communities, getting answers isn’t always simple.

In several northwest Ohio counties, many attorneys are near retirement and there are not enough new lawyers entering the profession to fill those spots.

“This is a state issue, a local issue and a national issue,” said Rebecca Zietlow, dean of the University of Toledo Law School…

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