Memo from Lani Guinier to Jack Greenberg, Jim Nabrit, and Napoleon Williams

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November 22, 1982

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LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Memo from Lani Guinier to Jack Greenberg re Voting Rights Conference, 1982. af0d87a3-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e98abe6c-e345-490a-939e-b65d262e63f9/memo-from-lani-guinier-to-jack-greenberg-re-voting-rights-conference. Accessed June 01, 2025.

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    Memorandum

To : Jack Greenberg

From ,ffi, Guinj.er

Re : Voting Rights Conference

Date: November 19, 1992

Thank you very much for your kind words today at the staffmeeting about the succesl of our r;*y";=' tr.i.,i.rf"'Io.,rer_ence on the Voting Rights Act. It wis ind,eed, i"--6*"itirrgtwo days in New orleans, not only for voting rights lawyers,but for LDF. Despite the one note of criticis*'tn.t f spent.much time discussing at the staff meeting, the real signifi_cance of the conference should not be overl00ked. Theconference was of immeasurable assistance in the deveropmentof litigation.strategies as werl as in nuiidi"g-"-".twork ofvoting rightsr/cooperating at,torneys. we are stirr receivingall kinds of favorabre miit. 
"na i'eieprrone ca1Is commending uson the substance and effectiverru==-"i--"". conference. As wasapparent during the time you were present, and continuing intoSaturday afternoon, the ei.rgy 1evil was high, the sessionswere ext,remery werr attended-and the exchanie'ot iniormationwas intense.

Thank you for your generous support and. encouragement. we wirrbe preparing a-report to you on the conferen""-6"Jg;t. As wetried to renrind the confeience.participantsr we have been diri-gent i-n keeping within our projlcted. eltimate. There wirl besome over-run, however, because of the desire to irrarua. asmany people as possible. Pe:ihaps, when we have all the numbersdown on paperr wQ can. go back to ttrr. Rammage. r wourd appreciateyour guidance on that'.
one point that r should' have mentioned sooner and r cannot over-state, is how intrumental our support staff was in the successof the conference. Jewerr Jonnson indeed has a speciar giftthat enabres her to make the trains run on tinre *irir" keeplngher coor and rnaking everyone aboard. feel welcome and. taken careof' LDF is fortunate to have someone of her caliber on our staff.r consid.er it _a privirege to have been able to work with Jewerrso closely and f learned a great deal fxom her.

!i



JewelI was ably assisted, by Grace Richardson whose willingmessto pitch in was great,ry appreciated. Drew Days mentioned,-to
me how pleaeed he was to see Grace so animated and invoLved in
every aspect of the conference organizat,ion. rt was a pleasure
to work wlth both Grace and Jewellr and to be part of a-teamthat furctloned ao well wlth minimal supervislbn.

LG/r

ce: Jim Nabrit
Ivalina Passe

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Memo from Lani Guinier to Jack Greenberg, Jim Nabrit, and Napoleon Williams

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