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Fighting Restrictions on Voter RegistrationThursday, April 10, 2008 New York Law School The American Constitution Society and the Justice Action Center invite you to a special event focusing on the most basic of democratic rights: the right to vote. Renée Paradis, Counsel for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, will discuss her work fighting restrictions on voter registration drives. Lisa Danetz, Senior Counsel at Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, will speak about her work on voter registration at public assistance agencies. Pizza and beverages will be served. Please arrive between 12:30 and 12:45 to get food and find a seat. The presentation will begin promptly at 12:50. About the Speakers Renée Paradis The Brennan Center Counsel, Democracy Program Ms. Paradis works primarily on the Center's efforts to reform the process of voter registration, including fighting restrictions on voter registration drives and advocating for student voting rights. She also works on the Center's efforts to re-enfranchise people with felony convictions and general election reform issues. A native of California, she joined the Brennan Center in 2005 following her fellowship at the Drug Law Reform Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, in Santa Cruz, California, and her clerkship with the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her J.D. in 2003 from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent scholar, was awarded the Wilfred Feinberg Prize for excellence in Federal Courts, and served as a Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review. She received her B.A. from Columbia College in 1998. She is an active member of the New York bar and an inactive member of the California bar. Lisa J. Danetz Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action Senior Counsel Lisa is a voting rights and campaign finance lawyer who spent five years at Demos' affiliate, National Voting Rights Institute, prior to joining the Demos staff in January 2007. Her past and current work includes litigation and negotiation with states regarding implementation of the National Voter Registration Act, constitutional litigation to promote and defend campaign finance reforms, legislative drafting, and FEC enforcement work. Ms. Danetz's media credits include The Washington Post, TomPaine.com, Associated Press, Roll Call, Boston Phoenix, Law.com, BNA Money in Politics, and other publications, as well as radio and television appearances. She also has been a frequent panelist at campaign finance and voting rights events. Prior to her time at Demos and NVRI, Ms. Danetz spent several years in the private sector doing civil litigation. Subsequent to law school, she held judicial clerkships with United States Circuit Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert, Jr., and United States District Judge Stanley R. Chesler. Ms. Danetz received her B.S. from Yale University and her J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law.
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