Letter from Lani Guinier to David Ramage re Voting Rights Conference (page 2)

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September 22, 1982

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to David Ramage re Voting Rights Conference (page 2), 1982. a62242ce-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/baeff6a4-ea60-40fa-84d1-34d9e05b4686/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-david-ramage-re-voting-rights-conference-page-2. Accessed October 10, 2025.

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September 22, L982

scope of the Sect,ion 2 amendment.

3. To train practitloners to utlllze
the ne\^/ Act effecElvely and to assist
tDI' 1n allocating resources.

The program is p1-anned to all-ow for considerable Lnter-
change among partlclpants. r aE,t,ach a brief outrine of thegeneral Lssues we hope to dLscuss, and a Llst of Ehe panellsts
who would participate.

i{e estlmate the totaL cost of the conference at $25,000.Thts flgure lnerudes room, board and transportat,lon for paneL-
1s ts r conference partlclpants r .8nd LDF staff; reproductlon and
shlpplng coBts for conference materLars; a recepEton Frj.dey
evenlng and a'luncheon saturday. 0f the t,otar proJ ected cos t
of $25,000, LDI' can budget $13,000 from our voting rights pro=
ject to cover the expenses for our staff and the panelists.
We need $12,000 ln addirtonal funde Eo pay for parttc{pantsl
traveL and reLatad expens es and for materlals. The materlalB
would b e partlcularry herpfur to practltloners Lf rhey eourd
tncJ.ude coples of the congress lonal Reports, testlrnony, and
floor debates ln addltlqn to rr memorandun aneJ.yzlng the bil.J.

We hope you can asslet, us ln sponsorlng thls conference
by provlding the $12,000 that woul-d enabLe us to def ray t.o,tal
expenses and travel for all participants. The response to our
proposal to hord this conference has been enthusiast,ic. with
your he1p, everyone interested in att,ending would be abl-e to
do so.

Sincerely,

Mr. Davld Ramage, Jr.

JG/r
Enclosure

Jack Greenb erg
Direct,or-Counsel

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