The names of the 12 Fellows selected to participate in the 2024 Rural Practice Fellowship Program, which is designed to meet the critical need of providing access to justice for those living in rural areas with a declining lawyer population, have been announced.

The Rural Practice Summer Fellows Program aims to connect law students with rural practitioners and to give them a taste of rural practice before they leave law school. The program includes a $5,000 fellowship grant and mentoring.

The Rural Practice Associate Fellows Program aims to place graduating law students and attorneys as permanent associates with rural practitioners. The program includes a $5,000 stipend at the beginning of employment, and an additional $5,000 stipend if the associate is still working for the same firm after one year.

2024 Summer Clerk Fellows:

• Fellow: Peyton Jones, Washburn University School of Law
  Firm: Keisha L. Morris, Attorney at Law, LLC (Pike County)
• Fellow: Evan Spiros, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
  Firm: Grosboll Tice Barr & Courtney (Menard County)
• Fellow: Rachel Holtmeyer, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Blickhan, Timmerwilke & Woodworth (Adams County)
• Fellow: Matthew Ellefson, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Alford Law Office (Massac County)
• Fellow: Dallas Morrow, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: St. Clair, Gilbreth & Steppig LLC (Monroe County)
• Fellow: Andrew Cristea, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Alan W. McIntyre, Attorney at Law (Johnson County)
• Fellow: Jeremiah Dunahee, University of Illinois College of Law
  Firm: Martensen, Niemann & Galvin, LLC (Ford County)

2024-25 Associate Fellows:

• Fellow: Kiera Kamedula, Northern Illinois University College of Law
  Firm: Tobin, Ramon & Barber Law Firm (Boone County)
• Fellow: Austin Willis, University of Iowa College of Law
  Firm: Meents Law, P.C. (Grundy County)
• Fellow: Zachary Vancil, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Clark & Glasgow, LLC (Warren County)
• Fellow: Callah Wright, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Black Ballard McDonald (Jefferson County)
• Fellow: Alexandria Zeigler Schramm, Southern Illinois University School of Law
  Firm: Basi Basi & Associates (Williamson County)