Rural NE county attorneys, public defenders confront 'legal desert' in hiring new lawyers • Nebraska Examiner

Rural NE county attorneys, public defenders confront 'legal desert' in hiring new lawyers • Nebraska Examiner

(Getty Images) LINCOLN — Three decades ago, Hall County Public Defender Gerald Piccolo could get more than 100 applicants for a job opening just by posting a notice on the bulletin boards at Nebraska’s two law colleges and sharing a notice with the state bar association. Now, he said, he’s lucky to get a handful of aspiring defense attorneys to apply. (Getty Images) “I haven’t ever received more than 10 applicants for a job in the past 10 year…