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Corporate,
Civil Rights

Oct. 1, 2020

Corporate counsel group hosts forum on voting rights history

Open to ACC members and the larger legal community, the event began with an educational program on the history of Black voting rights in the U.S. and covered landmark legislation such as the 15th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 followed by an overview of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings related to present-day voting issues and the affect these cases have during the pandemic in particular for minority groups.

The Association of Corporate Counsel hosted educational programing on voting rights followed by a Q&A session with the event's speakers.

The virtual event, "Social Justice in the Modern Civil Rights Era: Voting Rights," held Tuesday by the association's Southern California chapter in partnership with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC and the John M. Langston Bar Association, featured speakers Barbara R. Arnwine, founder a...

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