Education:
J.D., Howard University
B.A., East Texas State University

Professor Carla Pratt teaches and writes in the area of race and the law, with particular emphasis on the role of law in constructing Indian and African American identity. Another aspect of her scholarship examines the role of race in the legal profession. Prior to joining the Penn State faculty in 2000, Professor Pratt served as a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General in the civil practice division and engaged in private practice as a commercial litigator with Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia. She teaches or has taught courses in Constitutional Law, Federal Indian Law, Race and American Law, and Professional Responsibility. Professor Pratt served as associate dean for academic affairs in Carlisle during the 2007-08 academic year.

Contact Information:
E-mail: cdp10@psu.edu
Phone: tba

Selected Publications:
"Way to Represent: The Role of Black Lawyers in Contemporary American Democracy," Fordham Law Review, 2009.

"Loving, Indian Style: Maintaining Racial Caste and Tribal Sovereignty Through Sexual Assimilation," Wisconsin Law Review, 2007.

"Tribes and Tribulations: Beyond Sovereign Immunity and Toward Reparation and Reconciliation for the Estelusti," Washington & Lee Race Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal, 2005.

"Tribal Kulturkampf: The Role of Race Ideology in Constructing Native American Identity," Seton Hall Law Review, 2005.

"Should Klansmen Be Lawyers?: Racism as an Ethical Barrier to the Legal Profession,"
Florida State Law Review, 2003.

"In the Wake of Hopwood: An Update on Affirmative Action in the Education Arena," Howard
Law Journal, 1999.