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President Elect

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Leland Glenna
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Tim Slack

Vice President

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Elizabeth Ransom
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Eleanor Green

Council Member – Land Grant University

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Raeven Chandler
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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David Peters

Council Member – Non-Land Grant University or College

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Ian Carillo
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Matthew Brooks

Council Member – Governmental, Non, or Private Organization

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Wes Eaton
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Keith Noble

Council Member – Student

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Edith-Marie Green
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Alex Theophilus

Nominations – Chair Elect

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Kelli Russell
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Kathy Sexsmith

Nominations – Seats (2)

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Nataliya Apanovich
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Andy Smolski

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Jessica Goldberger
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Sejuit Das Gupta

Ethics Committee

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Kathryn Brasier
University of California, Davis
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Bio: Lisa R. Pruitt is Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis. Her pioneering scholarship focuses on rural-urban difference in how people engage legal systems and the state, revealing urbanormativity in how scholars and policymakers think about law. Pruitt draws attention to how the socio-spatial features of rural places shape civil access to justice and entanglement with criminal legal systems. Pruitt grew up in the rural Arkansas Ozarks.

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Kristal Jones