Redistricting and Voting 2017: The Legal Landscape

Topics:
  • Civil Rights

This program will address the significant legal developments impacting voting access and the redistricting of electoral districts. Expert faculty will review important case law and pending cases, and also will examine relevant statutory and constitutional requirements, recent state activity, and strategic considerations involved in voting access and redistricting litigation.

What You Will Learn
• Redistricting and court review of electoral district boundaries
• Voting rights and litigation concerning voting access
• Analysis of key decisions and constitutional and statutory mandates and constraints
• Litigation considerations, challenges, and implications

This program will benefit all attorneys interested in learning about the legal fundamentals and strategic considerations affecting voting access and redistricting litigation.

Cost: $395*

*Scholarship Available (see attached application)
PLI's Scholarship/Financial Hardship Policy: Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are available to pro bono attorneys, judges, judicial law clerks, law professors, attorneys 65 or older, lawyers, law students, librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit organizations, legal services organizations or government agencies, and unemployed attorneys and others with financial hardships.