Professor Pruitt Takes Part in Three Panels at Symposium on Rural Lawyers

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt participated in three panels at the South Dakota Law Review Symposium on Rural Lawyers, held Sept. 21-22 at the University of South Dakota.

Pruitt served as a panelist for the “Teaching and Scholarship” and “How Other States and Industries Draw Talent to Rural Areas” discussions, and moderated the “Rural Community and Attorney Data” 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.