Lecture to focus on voting rights

The University of Colorado Law School’s Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law will host the 14th annual John Paul Stevens Lecture Oct. 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building, with a reception to follow.

This year’s lecture, “The Legal Landscape of the Right to Vote,” will feature Judge Roopali Desai, the first South Asian judge appointed to the Ninth Circuit. Desai will examine the constitutional and statutory frameworks of voting rights in the United States, marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Her remarks will be followed by a conversation with Professor Deep Gulasekaram, director of the Byron White Center.


The event is free and open to the public with advance registration required for both in-person and virtual attendance. The program is approved for one general CLE credit.

For more information or to register, visit colorado.edu/law.

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