Wish I could be in D.C. for this:

The Campaign Legal Center and American University’s Washington College of Law will jointly launch a new Voting Rights Law Institute this summer to help train the next generation voting rights litigators.  The four-night Institute will be held June 24 – 27, to train and update law students and practitioners on enforcement of voting rights law, particularly cases brought to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution.   The Voting Rights Institute is believed to be the first of its kind.

Experts in the field will provide background on the Voting Rights Act and relevant Supreme Court cases and will then focus on teaching participants the litigation mechanics of voting rights litigation.  Participants will gain detailed knowledge of the Voting Rights Act and how it impacts voting rights laws state-by-state.  Institute instructors will teach the skills needed to litigate voting rights cases.  J. Gerald Hebert, the Legal Center’s Executive Director will serve as the Institute’s lead instructor and each night he will be joined by seasoned voting rights litigators, appellate advocates, and scholars in the field.