Join us as we celebrate celebrate the Public Interest Law Scholars Program at Northeastern Law and tackle the battle for voting rights in 2020. (Found this event in September – you can attend for free, as a Non-Affiliate. )
This half-day VIRTUAL conference will cover the following cutting edge topics:
- Voting purge
- Threats to polling locations
- Voter intimidation Gerrymandering (and mathematical attention on issues of electoral redistricting)
- Russian influence (fake news/misleading voters)
- Machine malfunctions/snafus
- Voter suppression (from obstacles to registration, cutbacks on early voting, stricter voter identification requirements)
- Working on: same day and online voter registration
- Voting Rights Act (1965) and impact today (2013 SCOTUS decision)
Conference Chair:
Hon. Nonnie Burnes ’77-’78
Trustee Emerita, Northeastern University
This annual event will celebrate the Public Interest Law Scholars Program and each year will focus on scholarship related to a pressing public interest issue.
In partnership with:
The Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration and NuLawLab
About the Public Interst Law Scholars Program
Northeastern is well known as one of the top public interest law schools in the nation. The renewable, full-tuition Public Interest Law Scholarship (PILS) is offered to exceptional applicants who possess impressive academic profiles as well as extensive experience in fields concerned with social justice and public service. Launched in 1999 by generous donors who believed that the mission of the law school naturally led to the need for such a scholarship, the first class of scholars graduated in 2003. These graduates have built a strong network, giving back to the program and assisting new students as they begin their pursuit of public interest law careers. Once scholars have graduated from the School of Law, it is hoped that a significant portion of their careers be dedicated to public interest law.