UGA Law School Takes on Gerrymandering and Voting Rights
“The U.S. Supreme Court's pending docket is the driving force behind this year's conference theme, which will allow for important and timely dialogue on gerrymandering practices and redistricting,” said conference organizer and third-year law student John E. Farmer Jr.
January 31, 2018 at 05:54 PM
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Lawyers, students and scholars are set to gather Friday at the University of Georgia School of Law to talk about how to draw voting district lines.
The conference, “Walking the Line: Modern Gerrymandering & Partisanship,” is to be held in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall, located on UGA's North Campus. The event is open to the public.
Organized by law students who are members of the Georgia Law Review, the conference will explore the current and future state of redistricting, according to a university news release. Speakers will address a diverse set of voices on topics related to election law, political science and politics.
“The U.S. Supreme Court's pending docket is the driving force behind this year's conference theme, which will allow for important and timely dialogue on gerrymandering practices and redistricting,” conference organizer and third-year law student John E. Farmer Jr. said in the release.
Panel topics are to include the Voting Rights Act of 1965, deriving a constitutional test for partisan gerrymandering and redistricting implications in Georgia. Legal and political science scholars as well as practitioners are slated to serve as panelists.
The keynote speaker will be Nicholas Stephanopoulos, the Fried Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. Stephanopoulos is a plaintiffs attorney in Gill v. Whitford, a challenge to Wisconsin's redistricting plan, in which oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court were held in October 2017.
All attendees are asked to register at georgialawreview.org. Attendance for UGA faculty, staff and students is free. The cost for nonattorneys is $12, and the cost for attorneys seeking continuing legal education credit for 4.5 hours, including 1.5 Trial Practice and 1 Professionalism hour, is $80.
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