Voting Protection Bootcamp & CLE

Join WAAL and the DNC for a conversation regarding democracy, voting, and race.

4 Credits of CLE will be applied for.

WAAL and The DNC Civic Engagement and Voter PROTECTION Department is Holding a Bootcamp And Discussion for Madison-Area Attorneys, Law Students, And Community members Regarding democracy, voting, and race.

The Speakers for the event are:

Reyna Walters-Morgan, Reyna is the Director of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection at the DNC.

Reyna is a proud graduate of Howard University School of Law. After law school, she worked as a civil litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and later as a Senior Attorney for the Social Security Administration, adjudicating disability claims in the Office of Appellate Operations.

In 2016, Reyna decided to return to her political and advocacy roots and took a position as a Regional Voter Protection Director for the Hillary Clinton Campaign. Utilizing her grassroots organizing skills as well as an aggressive approach to building partnerships, she trained over 750 attorneys on Ohio election laws and policies.

In 2017, Reyna launched Walters-Morgan Law, which utilizes her extensive experiences in government and advocacy to help her clients understand the legal and business side of politics.

Professor Atiba Ellis, Marquette University Law School

Professor Ellis' research focuses on voting rights law with specific attention to how varying conceptions of the right to vote exclude voters on the margins. He has written about the economic entry barriers posed by voter ID laws, felon disenfranchisement laws, the theoretical effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder, and related topics. Professor Ellis’s current research focuses on voting rights theory and how ideology affects the scope of the right to vote. He has also written on critical legal theory and legal history. Professor Ellis is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, university and law school lectures, and community events about voting rights law, how race and gender affect the law of politics, diversity issues, and other matters related to the law of politics.