Correspondence between Lani Guinier and Dennis N. Balske, Esq. (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Correspondence
October 7, 1985 - October 17, 1985

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence between Lani Guinier and Dennis N. Balske, Esq. (Southern Poverty Law Center), 1985. f04961cf-e892-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7a7ccc49-6412-4cd5-bf60-3b88f57c27aa/correspondence-between-lani-guinier-and-dennis-n-balske-esq-southern-poverty-law-center. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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October 17, 1985

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Dennis N. Balske, Esq.Legal Director
The Southern poverty Law Center400 Washington Avenue
Montgom€ry, Alabama 36195_5105

Dear Dennisi

Congratulations on the new baby. I rm sureyour late nights with her are much more enjoy_able than those spent in Selma ;;;p;;i"gcross examinations in the Hogue ..1.1-'
I am passing on to Jewell-Johnson your requestfor Ira Burnim to be aaaea to the ii;t ofcooperating attorneys invited to-6F;; annuallawyer training cont"r"n"e. Mrs. Johnsonwill send an invitation for the next Airlieconference to lra directly. f "* "or.y *"failed to invite you to iire September freeting.J. L. Chestnut lnoke eloguentl| aUoui lr,efederal voting flaud prosecuti6ns iiitrror'rgh hedidn,t bring oeval to'teiis thi;-tfi;) ]
r hope to see you or rra at our next Airlie,if not before

Sincerely,
J-',

f<q,^,--Lani Guinier

LG/ r

cc: Mrs Jewe1l Johnson



The
Southern
Pwefi

Law
Center

October 7, 1985

Loni Guinier
NAACP Lega1 Defense Fund
99 Hudson Street
New York, N. Y. f0013

Dear Loni:

I hope things are going well for you. fhings have been
quite hectic here. Our new batryr just arrived a week and a half
ago. She is cute as could be. Once she adjusts to central
standard time and learns to sleep through the night, we will be
in total ecstasy.

I am writing with respect to your conference for civil
rights lawyers that is held at Airlie. I was unaware of this
conference, until Ira Burnim returned from Washington and told me
about it.

We would appreciate being added to your guest list and hapgl
to pay our own way. Ira is our real expert, so I suggest that
his name be added to your list.

Thanks for considering my request.

With best personal regards, I remain,

Very truly yours,

Dennis N. Balske
Legal Director

DNB/1st

400 WASHINGTON AVENUE o MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36195-5105 . N5l2*0286

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