Podcast: How lawyers can uphold voters’ rights in November
ABA JOURNAL — In this episode of the ABA Journal’s Asked & Answered podcast, Stephanie Francis Ward speaks with Marsha Johnson-Blanco, co-director of the Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, about how attorneys can help on election day,
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UVA TODAY — Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will take part in the inaugural event for the new Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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UVA TODAY — Virginia Law alumni Martha and Bruce Karsh, alumni and philanthropists who met at UVA as law students, announced at a celebratory dinner that they will donate $43.9 million to the Law School. The gift is the largest in the school’s history and makes the Karshes the institution’s first $50 million donors.
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THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR — Local lawyers and University of Florida Levin College of Law students have been donating their time to help felons regain their rights.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Tulane Law School will host the annual McGlinchey Lecture on Federal Litigation Wednesday, March 14, featuring New York University Law School Professor Richard H. Pildes, who will speak on “Defending Political Elites in the Era of Participatory Democracy.”
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – Anson Chan, known as “Hong Kong’s conscience” for her decades of devotion to social justice and democracy, has been named the fourth recipient of the annual O’Connor Justice Prize.
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OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY – Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz professor of international law at the University of Chicago, will deliver the Kormendy Lecture at 4 p.m. on Feb. 13.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Professor K. Sabeel Rahman collaborated with Russon-Gilman on the white paper, and the two are coauthoring a forthcoming book on the same topic with Cambridge University Press.
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor authors report on participation in U.S. democracyWilliam & Mary Law students to host non-partisan Election Day information hotline for voters
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL – Students are set to run the W&M VOTEline at (757) 742-3095, a voter assistance hotline aimed at responding to questions local citizens have about voting.
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WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS – Natalie Tennant, the former secretary of state of West Virginia, will soon be the manager of state advocacy at The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law’s Democracy Program.
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