[EL] FW: Key Developments in Redistricting Under the Voting Rights Act -- CLE Teleconference on June 14th!

[Pitts, Michael Jude]

Hi all,

Some on this list might be interested in the ABA teleconference described below.

Best,
Mike

Michael J. Pitts
Associate Professor, John S. Grimes Fellow & Dean's Fellow
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
530 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-278-9155
mjpitts at iupui.edu
Webpage: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/people/profile.cfm?Id=293




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Subject: Key Developments in Redistricting Under the Voting Rights Act -- CLE Teleconference on June 14th!

[Key Developments in Redistricting Under the                          Voting Rights Act CLE Teleconference]<http://www.americanbar.org/groups/government_public/events_cle.html>

Key Developments in Redistricting Under the Voting Rights Act
90-Minute CLE Teleconference
Thursday, June 14, 2012

1:00-2:30pm Eastern * 12:00-1:30pm Central * 11:00am-12:30pm Mountain * 10:00-11:30am Pacific

Sponsored by the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division

R E G I S T E R   N O W<https://apps.americanbar.org/aba_timssnet/meetings/tnt_meetings.cfm?action=long&primary_id=GD61412&webtextid=66341&Subsystem=MTG&related_prod_flag=0>



Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has played a crucial role in congressional, state, and local redistricting. However, the role the VRA has played may be changing significantly as a result of recent events. In 2006, Congress reauthorized and amended portions of the VRA, making two changes at the heart of the Act that effectively overruled prior decisions of the United States Supreme Court. In 2009, the Supreme Court responded by expressing "serious misgivings" about the ongoing constitutionality of a portion of the Act (section 5) that requires certain jurisdictions to obtain preapproval for redistricting plans. Panelists will explore the postreauthorization status of the VRA, what it means for minority voting rights, how it could affect state and local government election activities and examine the basic federalism question of who manages the election process, the states or the federal.



PANELISTS

Michael J. Pitts (moderator)
Associate Professor of Law, John S. Grimes Fellow, Dean's Fellow, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, IN

Gilda Daniels
Associate Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
Baltimore, MD

Michelle L. Davis
Senior Policy Analyst, Redistricting, Election Law, Maryland General Assembly, editor of Redistrictingonline.org
Annapolis, MD

Tuition
$150 General Public
$125 ABA Members
$95 Government Attorneys
$85 Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division Members
$60 Each additional registrant using the same phone line

All participants must register for the program. Join the Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division<http://apps.americanbar.org/osm/sections/osm_sect_edit.cfm?&CFID=30403228&CFTOKEN=28505719> and save money on this program, and on a range of ABA products and services.

To register, please complete the registration form<http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/government_public/redistricting_reg_form.authcheckdam.pdf> or register online<https://apps.americanbar.org/aba_timssnet/meetings/tnt_meetings.cfm?action=long&primary_id=GD61412&webtextid=66341&Subsystem=MTG&related_prod_flag=0>. Registration closes at 5pm EDT on June 13, 2012.
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1.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states/1.8 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states have been requested in states accrediting ABA teleconferences and live audio webcasts.



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