NOTE: First Mondays is a special discussion program about current business and political events through a legal lens. This program is an opportunity to meet Albany Law School faculty and to participate in a stimulating discussion on world events.
As America prepares for the 2020 Election, we present a First Mondays program around voting rights. We will discuss the history of the struggle for voting rights including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with our special guest, Professor Gilda R. Daniels.
Professor Daniels is a voting rights expert and former Deputy Chief in the U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, where she served in both the Clinton and Bush administrations. She is currently a professor of law at the University of Baltimore Law School and the Director of Litigation for Advancement Project’s National Office, a multi-racial civil rights organization.
She is also the author of UNCOUNTED: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America, her first book. Published in January by New York University Press, it has already been called “required reading” by Ms. Magazine.
Hosts
Prof. Patricia Reyhan - Distinguished Professor of Law
Prof. Ted De Barbieri - Associate Professor of Law; Director, Community Economic Development Clinic
Special Guest
Prof. Gilda R. Daniels - Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law; Author: UNCOUNTED: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America
