State-level COVID Response and Voting Rights with FL State Senator Lori Berman

10/16
Add to Calendar 2020-10-16 12:30:00 2020-10-16 13:20:00 State-level COVID Response and Voting Rights with FL State Senator Lori Berman Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/state-level-covid-response-and-voting-rights-fl-state-senator-lori-berman - University of Chicago Law School blog@law.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
Online-Only Law School Event
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the Law School community
Presenting student organizations: Jewish Law Students Association Law Women's Caucus

Lori Berman was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2018. She represents District 31, which consists of part of Palm Beach County. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Health Policy Committee and additionally serves on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, the Education Committee, and the Environment and Natural Resources Committee.

Prior to her term in the Florida State Senate, Lori Berman served as a representative in the Florida House of Representatives since 2010. As a State Representative, Lori Berman was the Democratic Deputy Whip (2012–2014) and the Democratic Floor Leader (2016–2018). She has additionally served as both Vice Chair and Chair of the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, as well as Chair of the Women’s Legislative Caucus. She began her career as an attorney in Florida, after attending George Washington University Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1983.

Lori Berman will be discussing her experience as a Jewish woman in Florida state government and politics, state-level COVID-19 response, and election security and voting rights surrounding the 2020 election.

 

Meeting ID: 920 8006 6113 Password: 868428

 

COVID-19 Voting rights