Lack of Iowa contract lawyers 'a crisis,' leading to 'grueling' caseloads

The 562 lawyers taking contract cases is a decrease of almost 50 percent from the 1,100 lawyers who were taking court-appointed cases in 2014, the Iowa State Bar Association said.

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