How You Gonna‘ Keep Her Down on the Farm . . .

University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 1085, 2010

UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 202

16 Pages Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Last revised: 22 Mar 2012

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Lisa R. Pruitt

University of California, Davis - School of Law

Date Written: January 22, 2010

Abstract

This is a contribution to a collection of autobiographical essays, “One-L Revisited,” in which authors reflect on their experiences as first-year law students. The author of this essay recounts her experiences at the University of Arkansas School of Law (1986-87). She frames her recollections primarily in relation to her rural, working-class background and her later-acquired feminist politics.

Keywords: Socio-economics, wealth, working class, privilege, legal education, legal academy, feminism, work-life balance, identity, gender

Suggested Citation

Pruitt, Lisa R., How You Gonna‘ Keep Her Down on the Farm . . . (January 22, 2010). University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 1085, 2010, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 202, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1540877

Lisa R. Pruitt (Contact Author)

University of California, Davis - School of Law ( email )

Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall
Davis, CA CA 95616-5201
United States

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