Rutgers 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.
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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.”
Read More about Duke Law professor and AALS Executive Committee member Guy-Uriel Charles on 50 years of the Voting Rights ActWilliam & Mary Law project receives grant to help eligible Virginians regain right to vote
WILLIAM & MARY NEWS – William & Mary Law School’s Revive My Vote is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $230,000 through the Knight News Challenge, a grant program aimed at better informing voters and increasing civic participation before, during, and after elections.
Read More about William & Mary Law project receives grant to help eligible Virginians regain right to voteMajor race disparity among elected prosecutors
NPR – A report out this week found that 95 percent of the country’s elected prosecutors are white, and 83 percent are men. Only 1 percent are women of color, according to the findings from the Reflective Democracy Campaign, a project of the left-leaning Women Donors Network. But there doesn’t seem to be much choice at the…
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