Professor Pruitt interviewed on rural legal deserts for Talks on Law

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt discusses the dearth of lawyers in rural America for a video interview with Talks on Law. Her talk, “Legal Deserts,” is part of the “Titans of Law” interview series on the website. See the interview

Professor 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.