Professor Pruitt Speaks at Symposium on Legal Ethics

On Oct. 18, Professor Lisa Pruitt spoke at the Baum Symposium on Ethics in the Legal Profession at Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa.

Pruitt discussed ethical issues in rural legal deserts.

Distinguished Professor of Law Lisa R. Pruitt 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.