Professor Pruitt leads plenary discussion at Rural Criminal Justice Summit

On Nov. 29 UC Davis Law Professor Lisa Pruitt participated in the Rural Criminal Justice Summit at SMU Dedman School of Law. Pruitt moderated the opening plenary discussion that covered the challenges facing rural criminal justice communities, including geographic distances, language and cultural barriers, technology gaps, and economic resources. The summit’s goal was to work to locate system strengths, describe common concerns, identify research opportunities, and develop strategies for reform.

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.