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Dean Carla Pratt of Washburn Law School will be speaking on "Whiteness in Indian Country." Dean Pratt brings particular expertise to this topic; she served as an Associate Justice for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Supreme Court in Fort Yates, North Dakota. She has taught Constitutional Law, Federal Indian Law, Education Law, and Race and American Law. Prior to joining the Washburn faculty in 2018, Dean Pratt was Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Law at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. Dean Pratt’s co-authored book entitled, The End of the Pipeline: A Journey of Recognition for African Americans Entering the Legal Profession, provides a roadmap for launching recruitment and retention efforts within legal education aimed at improving the diversity of law schools and the legal profession.