For Immediate Release, Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Contact: (866) NYDLC-01; [email protected]  

NYDLC is excited to announce that longtime Steering Committee member Liz Robins will head up NYDLC's Law Student Outreach Committee, providing an organizational boost during the final months of the 2016 election cycle. 

Liz Robins is a lawyer and recent graduate of Cardozo Law School. She graduated magna cum laude and with membership in the Order of the Coif. At Cardozo Law she was a Monrad Paulsen Scholar and served as Articles Editor of the Cardozo Law Review as well as President of the Cardozo Law Democrats. She is passionate about protecting and advancing voting rights, and has participated in election day poll monitoring, poll worker training, and organizing voter registration drives; additionally, she has experience researching and writing about election law. A lifelong Queens resident, Liz previously served as Secretary of the Queens Young Democrats. She’s excited about getting more law students and new lawyers involved in the voter protection effort. 

As Chair of the Law Student Outreach Committee, Liz will head up the critical law school organizing component of NYDLC's broader 2016 integrated voter protection effort, in support of Hillary Clinton's historic campaign and critical down ballot Congressional and State Senate races. 

"Today the voter protection community officially adds a powerful advocate and organizer to its ranks", said Executive Director Jarret Berg. "NYDLC is fortunate to have rising stars like Liz as dedicated members, who are willing to stand up to protect voting rights and help bring our system of election administration into the 21st century." 

Liz Robins can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

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