KU SCHOOL OF LAW — Two third-year students at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive grants from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Mary McMullen and Luke Sunderland are recipients of the foundation’s Rural Law Practice Grant. The grant is awarded to law students who intend to practice in rural Kansas after graduation, bringing legal information and advocacy to those with limited access to resources. A maximum of three students each year can win the $16,500 grant. “Serving rural Kansas in the law is important to me because rural Kansas needs lawyers and better access to justice, and I felt that was a need I could contribute to,” McMullen said. “I also feel that a legal career in rural Kansas will give me greater autonomy with my decision making in how I practice law, and I will experience a wider breadth of legal issues.” Practicing in rural Kansas provides a unique opportunity for young lawyers to experience a vast array of legal matters early in their careers. Sunderland said he plans to focus his rural practice after graduation on real estate contracts and estate law, agriculture-related law, and law related to schools and municipalities.