Judge Judith E. Levy speaks at Michigan State University Law on the ethical challenges judges face during the pandemic
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The annual Kelley Lecture, which honors the legacy of the late Attorney General Frank J.E. Kelley through a discussion of current ethical issues facing attorneys, took place via Zoom on April 6th. The well-attended talk featured remarks from Interim Dean Melanie B. Jacobs and Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession Director…
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ABA JOURNAL — Law firms are getting involved in the controversy over voting restrictions, already passed in Georgia and under consideration in Texas. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s top 100 law firms have signed a statement denouncing voting restrictions, as have 19 general counsels, report Law.com and Bloomberg Law.
Read More about New law firm coalition denounces and challenges voting restrictions in Georgia and TexasPenn Law hosts election rights advocates Stacey Abrams and Ben Jealous for a discussion on voting access and gerrymandering
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — During “A Conversation with Stacey Abrams,” the Georgia politician sat down with Ben Jealous, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former NAACP leader, to discuss topics from gerrymandering to romance novels virtually.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce it will host “A Conversation with Stacey Abrams.” This virtual event will be moderated by Benjamin Todd Jealous with featured remarks from Penn President Amy Guttman.
Read More about Penn Law hosts Stacey Abrams for discussion on voting accessNew York University Law professor Sean Morales-Doyle discusses Washington state measure to allow felons to vote while on parole
21 NBC WFMJ — Sean Morales-Doyle, deputy director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law, said momentum for a measure to let people vote while they’re on parole is building for the legislative session that begins in January.
Read More about New York University Law professor Sean Morales-Doyle discusses Washington state measure to allow felons to vote while on paroleStudents push universities to cancel classes on election day
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Work or class obligations are among the top barriers to voting faced by students or young people in general, said Campbell Streator, the executive director of EVC National. Student government leaders and national get-out-the-vote organizations want a designated holiday instead and classes replaced with voter engagement efforts.
Read More about Students push universities to cancel classes on election dayGeorgetown Law Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection publishes voting rights fact sheet
WTOP NEWS — The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, based at the Georgetown University Law School in D.C., has published a state-by-state series of 50 fact sheets regarding what is and isn’t allowed with regard to gathering inside and outside voting sites.
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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — The COVID-19 pandemic is contextualizing nearly every aspect of life on and off our nation’s campuses. College students are in places they never dreamed they’d be . . . literally.
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WPSD LOCAL 6 — SIU School of Law students are coordinating a voter registration drive at two locations in Carbondale, Illinois. The four-day event will begin on Sept. 19 and run through National Voter Registration Day, which is Sept. 22.
Read More about Southern Illinois Law hosts voter registration driveUniversity of Texas Law to launch center for the discussion and scholarship of the First Amendment
UT NEWS — The School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin is opening the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, which will be dedicated to advancing the discussion, education and scholarship of the First Amendment.
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