Survey: Americans’ generational support for rule of law and democracy cause for concern
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.”
Read More about Survey: Americans’ generational support for rule of law and democracy cause for concernASU Law’s Indian Legal Clinic implements project to ensure Native votes count
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – The initiative aims to ensure that Native Americans exercise their right to vote in federal and state elections.
Read More about ASU Law’s Indian Legal Clinic implements project to ensure Native votes countWilliam & Mary Law students run hotline for voter assistance on election day
WASHINGTON POST – Students from William & Mary Law School will be running a voter assistance hotline this election day.
Read More about William & Mary Law students run hotline for voter assistance on election dayRutgers Law students offer free legal assistance to voters on Election Day
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.
Read More about Rutgers Law students offer free legal assistance to voters on Election DayTwo Rutgers Law alumni help overturn restrictive voting rights law
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.
Read More about Two Rutgers Law alumni help overturn restrictive voting rights lawSan Diego Law Dean to represent California law schools on Power of Democracy Steering Committee
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.
Read More about San Diego Law Dean to represent California law schools on Power of Democracy Steering CommitteeRutgers Law School alumni help to fight voter restriction laws in North Carolina
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – Two Rutgers Law School alumni helped lead the fight against a 2013 North Carolina election law, which enacted restrictions that they said disenfranchised voters of color.
Read More about Rutgers Law School alumni help to fight voter restriction laws in North CarolinaGeorgetown Law establishes Voting Rights Institute to train students and attorneys
THE HOYA – Georgetown University Law Center, the American Constitution Society and the Campaign Legal Center are establishing a Voting Rights Institute to train both students and attorneys at GULC.
Read More about Georgetown Law establishes Voting Rights Institute to train students and attorneysKansas Law professor debates Kansas Secretary of State over voter ID laws
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD – Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach squared off Thursday in a debate with a Kansas University law professor over the pros and cons of restrictive voter identification laws.
Read More about Kansas Law professor debates Kansas Secretary of State over voter ID lawsDuke Law professor and AALS Executive Committee member Guy-Uriel Charles on 50 years of the Voting Rights Act
NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO – “We’re discussing how and why most states have tightened up their voting requirements, including New Hampshire.”
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