Upcoming event at McGeorge Law School - Defining what Feminism Means Today

In from the McGeorge Women's Caucus

We invite you to join McGeorge Women's Caucus in a candid and interesting discussion about what feminism means today. We are thrilled to announce that Professor Pruitt of UC Davis Law School will be our keynote speaker.


When: Tuesday, February 23rd, 5pm-6pm
Where: Rotunda, McGeorge library

WINE AND APPETIZERS WILL BE SERVED. All are welcome! Please join us!


Professor Lisa Pruitt teaches feminist legal theory, law and rural livelihoods,sociology of the legal profession, and torts at the UC Davis School of Law. She will speak about the aspirations, expectations, and career prospects of the generation of women now in law school—women who sometimes embrace the term “third-wave feminist.” Before joining the UC Davis law faculty in 1999, Professor Pruitt worked abroad for almost a decade in settings ranging from international organizations to private practice. Professor Pruitt’s past positions include Gender Consultant at the International Criminal Tribunal in Kigali, Rwanda; Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Morris Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; and Legal Assistant to Judge George H. Aldrich of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in TheHague, The Netherlands.

Professor Pruitt has been an active advocate for increasing opportunities for women within the legal profession and legal education. She is currently the Chair-Elect of theSection on Women in Legal Education of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), has previously served on the No Glass Ceiling Task Force of the Sacramento County Bar Association, and has been a rape crisis victim advocate. Professor Pruitt’s publications include Toward a Feminist Theory of the Rural (2008); Place Matters: Domestic Violence and Rural Difference (2008); and A Kinder, Gentler Law School? Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Legal Education at King Hall (2005).

Professor Pruitt earned her J.D. from the University of Arkansas, where she was Robert A. Leflar Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of the Arkansas Law Review. As a British Marshall Scholar, Professor Pruitt also earned her PhD in Laws at the University of London, where her thesis was a gendered critique of the legal regulation of speech. Prior to joining the UC Davis School of Law, Professor Pruitt also taught at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands, and at the Northwestern University School of Law.

 

 Best,

Catherine

MWC President