Professor Pruitt Discusses Legal Deserts at Annual Law Library Conference

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt spoke on the panel “Legal Deserts in America – What is Meaningful Access to Justice for All?” on July 22 as part of the American Association of Law Libraries’ virtual annual conference.

Suzanne Starr, director of policy and legal services for the South Dakota Rural Recruitment Program, also was part of the panel. Director of the Law Library of Louisiana Miriam Childs organized and moderated the panel.

Lisa R. Pruitt, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor at UC Davis School of Law, is a scholar whose 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.

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