Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Julius Chambers Re California Voting Rights Project

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Julius Chambers Re California Voting Rights Project, 1987. e7eebedd-ea92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2c6d90ce-01b0-4ba5-bb2e-c533f83b8e3d/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-julius-chambers-re-california-voting-rights-project. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    February 10, J-987

TO: Jullus Chambers

RE: Callfornia Voting Ricrhts Project
I would like to discuss wlth you the possibility of LDF funding a
votJ.ng rights investJ.gatl,on of potential Section 2 cases in
carifornia. Based on my understanding of your interest in
estabrishlng an LDF presLnce in carifirnlar - r encouraged aproposal fron Joaquin Avila, fomer President of ITIALDEF and
Barbara Phillips, formerly Lawyera Commlttee voting rights Etaff
attorney in Jackson, Misslsslppi and Washington, D. C. I lJaveyou a copy of the proposal on the train last week to
Philadelphia.

Please let me know when we can neet.

w/r
cc: Pam Karlan

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