University of Chicago Law professor to speak on constitutional democracy at Ohio Northern University Law

February 5, 2018

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 professor authors report on participation in U.S. democracy

January 16, 2018

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.

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William & Mary Law students to host non-partisan Election Day information hotline for voters

November 6, 2017

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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NYU Law adds former WV secretary of state as manager of state advocacy for Democracy Program

April 17, 2017

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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Survey: Americans’ generational support for rule of law and democracy cause for concern

February 21, 2017

GUARDIAN – “A new national survey suggests that we can no longer take for granted that our fellow citizens will stand up for the rule of law and democracy.”

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ASU Law’s Indian Legal Clinic implements project to ensure Native votes count

November 14, 2016

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – The initiative aims to ensure that Native Americans exercise their right to vote in federal and state elections.

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William & Mary Law students run hotline for voter assistance on election day

November 14, 2016

WASHINGTON POST – Students from William & Mary Law School will be running a voter assistance hotline this election day.

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Rutgers Law students offer free legal assistance to voters on Election Day

November 7, 2016

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – If an Essex County resident goes to vote on Election Day and gets turned down at the polls, that voter can get free legal assistance from students at Rutgers Law School in Newark.

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Two Rutgers Law alumni help overturn restrictive voting rights law

October 17, 2016

RUTGERS LAW NEWS – Professor Irving Joyner ’77 and Donita Judge ’03, a senior attorney with the Washington D.C.-based Advancement Project, were instrumental in overturning a lower court ruling regarding North Carolina’s restrictive voting rights law in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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San Diego Law Dean to represent California law schools on Power of Democracy Steering Committee

October 11, 2016

CALIFORNIA COURTS – Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has appointed Dean Stephen C. Ferruolo of the University of San Diego, School of Law to the Power of Democracy Steering Committee.

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