Professor Pruitt Helps Lead Rural Justice Task Force Work
Professor Lisa R. Pruitt's work with the Legal Services Corporation Rural Justice Task Force helped shepherd their newly released research. The report, "Justice Where We Live: Promising Practices from Rural Communities," explores challenges rural Americans face when seeking legal assistance and powerful community-driven solutions to address the need.
As a leading scholar studying legal deserts and a member of the task force, Pruitt attended an Oct. 29 event in Madison, Wisconsin - "Rural Reach: Access to Justice That Meets People Where They Are" - that covered the report.
Distinguished Professor of Law Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and president of the Rural Sociological Society. Her recent work explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity. Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts. She is the recipient of the law school’s 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.