Rural Practice Fellowship Program Fellows Announced
The names of the 11 Fellows selected to participate in the 2025 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.
2025 Summer Clerk Fellows:
- Fellow: Julien Acosta, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Firm: Geiger Vazquez LLC (Grundy County) - Fellow: Matthew Wells, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Grosboll Tice Barr & Courtney (Menard County) - Fellow: Reagan Honn, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Rammelkamp Bradney, PC (Morgan County) - Fellow: Macy Sanchez, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Hassakis & Hassakis, P.C. (Jefferson County) - Fellow: Lauren Rushton, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Law Office of Rebecca L. Reinhardt, LLC (Jefferson County) - Fellow: Andrew Cristea, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Alan W. McIntyre, Attorney at Law (Johnson County)
2025-26 Associate Fellows:
- Fellow: Madelyn Walters, Stetson University College of Law
Firm: Plager, Krug, Bauer, Rudolph & Stodden, Ltd. (Stephenson County) - Fellow: Jack Schuler, Drake University Law School
ISBA Mutual Insurance Company Fellow
Firm: Reilly & Skerston, LLC (LaSalle County) - Fellow: Yelyzaveta Paskevych, Northern Illinois University College of Law
Firm: Taylor & Lynch, LLC (DeWitt County) - Fellow: Logan Giesing, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Rober & Phillips (Adams County) - Fellow: Sidney Litviak, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School
Firm: Harvey & Baker, P.C. (Jefferson County)