High school seniors in rural areas of Nebraska have a new path to get into the Nebraska College of Law.

The college is partnering with Wayne and Chadron State and the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

Interim college dean Richard Moberly says qualified students will get free undergraduate tuition and entrance to the law school, if they have a certain G-P-A and admissions score.

Moberly says the issue impacts the justice system and the vitality of rural counties.

Moberly hopes students return to their rural communities to practice law.