Denise Lieberman

A very special guest speaker at our 11 September 2013 SLUUG General Meeting:Denise Lieberman is a civil rights lawyer and adjunct professor who specializes in constitutional law, civil rights, and civil liberties. She is a senior attorney for Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization based in Washington DC., where she specializes in voting rights and election law. She analyzes election policy, engages in advocacy with election officials and oversees nonpartisan voter protection activities for Missouri, organizing hundreds of monitors and lawyers to address voter issues on election day.Denise is also an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law and Department of Political Science where she teaches courses on civil rights and constitutional law, including courses on the Supreme Court and Bill of Rights, National Security and Civil Liberties, Voting Rights, Technology and the Law, and Gender and Law. For the past five years, Denise served as visiting faculty lecturer in political science there.She brings 15 years of civil rights experience to her work. She previously served as Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, where she litigated many impact constitutional and civil liberties cases in state and federal courts, including cases protecting freedom of speech, religious freedom, privacy, racial justice, government oversight, and more.Denise is the recipient of the Martin Luther King Human Rights award, the Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Award, the Democracy in Action Award and the John Doe Society Award for free speech.