UDC Law Review Symposium Fall 2005

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Election Reform: Voting Rights for the New Millennium

On Friday, September 30, 2005, the University of the District of Columbia Law Review presented its annual fall symposium at the School of Law. The day-long event featured panels on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Help America Vote Act, the Mechanisms of Voting, Federal Election Reform, and more. The Luncheon Address featured members of Congress Tom Davis (R-VA) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) discussing recent bills proposed in the House of Representatives to provide District of Columbia residents with voting representation in Congress. The Capstone Address featured Spencer Overton, George Washington School of Law Professor and member of the Carter Baker Commission on Election Reform.

Spencer Overton Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton Hon. Tom Davis

Panel	Time	Room	Panelists
Election Reform: Voting Rights for the New Millennium Friday, September 30, 2005 UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Schedule of Events
Registration/Continental Breakfast	8:30 am -9:00 am	201
Opening Remarks	9:00 am -9:15 am	201	Dean Shelley Broderick, UDC School of Law Matthew Bromeland, Editor-in-Chief, UDC Law Review
Panel 1 Voting Rights Act of 1965	9:15 am -10:45 am	201	Debo Adegbile, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Terry M. Ao, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee Tisha Tallman, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) Dr. Ronald Waters, University of Maryland Moderator: Prof. William Robinson, UDC School of Law
Panel 2 Help America Vote Act (HAVA)	10:55 am -12:20 am	201	Melanie Campbell, Natl' Coalition on Black Civic Participation Jonah Goldman, Lawyers' Committee Michelle Mulder, Counsel for Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) Moderator: Dipti Pidikiti
Panel 3 Challenging the Mechanisms of Voting	10:55 am -12:20 am	205	Chellie Pinegree, Common Cause Prof. Daniel Tokaji, Ohio State College Prof. Susan Waysdorf, UDC School of Law
Luncheon Address	12:30 pm -2:00pm	Window Lounge	Introduction: Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Panel 4 DC Voting Rights	2:10 pm -3:40 pm	201	Johnny Barnes, ACLU National Capital Area Prof. Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown Univ. Law Center Rick Dykema, Chief of Staff for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Walter Smith, DC Appleseed Ilir Zherka, DC Vote Moderator: Dean Shelley Broderick, UDC School of Law
Panel 5 Federal Election Reform	2:10 pm -3:40 pm	205	Tanya Clay, People For the American Way Dr. Robert Pastor, Commission on Federal Election Reform Prof. Jamie Raskin, American Univ. Washington College of Law Commissioner Scott Thomas, Federal Election Commission Tova Wang, The Century Foundation Moderator: Prof. Matt Fraidin, UDC School of Law
Panel 6 Voter Disenfranchisement	3:50 pm - 5:00 pm	205	Leslie Fields Edward Hailes, Jr., Advancement Project Robert Richie, Center for Voting & Democracy Heather Dawn Thompson, Native Vote Election Protection Project
Reception & Capstone Address	5:10 pm - 6:30pm	Window Lounge	Prof. Spencer Overton, George Washington School of Law, member, Carter Baker Commission on Election Reform
Special Screening of *Today I Vote for My Joey* with filmmaker Aviva Kempner