Professor Pruitt Speaks to State Bar of California Trustees on Rural Lawyer Shortage

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt spoke to the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California on January 26, 2018 regarding the rural lawyer shortage in California and associated rural access-to-justice issues, including the heavy burden of law student debt that constrains lawyers’ career choices.  

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.