LANSING, Mich. – In collaboration with the American Constitution Society and Federal Bar Association student organizations, Cooley Law School hosted a Florida Rights Restoration Coalition presentation on March 5. The goal of the event was to educate attendees on restoring voter rights and shed light on critical areas of criminal justice reform.
Attorney Lenora Easter, Esq, senior counsel at the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, presented the legal education presentation, Restoring Voting Rights with Sentence Modification Remedies under FL Statute 98.0751. FRRC is the organization behind Amendment 4 – Voting Rights Restoration and is committed to ending the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions. Amendment 4 restores the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions after they complete all terms of their sentence, including parole or probation.
“FRRC is a grassroots organization that supports returning citizens,” said Easter. “We advocate for policies that enhance successful reentry and to build a justice-impacted people’s movement through civic engagement and public education which focuses on restoration of rights, voting registration, and criminal justice reform.”
The event was sponsored by and approved for CLE credit by The Florida Bar. The discussion was open to lawyers, law students and Cooley Law School alumni, and included opportunities for members of the audience to ask questions and discuss voter rights reform with Easter and members of the FRRC.
“Yes, what we do is political in nature, but people come first,” Easter said. “At the end of the day, it’s the people that drive communities, the people that drive politics.”
