UC College of Law lecture examines issues surrounding U.S. elections

Ohio is a bellwether state for national elections and the University of Cincinnati College of Law is leading the conversation about the particularly important topic of election law. Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and UC Law’s Dean Verna Williams will discuss U.S. elections with topics such as voter suppression, foreign interference, and the resilience of our electoral system during their interactive conversation “The Resilience of Our Electoral System.” This event, the 2020 Constitution Day lecture, will be held at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 via WebEx. 

CLE: approved in OH and KY for 1.0 hour of CLE

Hasen’s presentation will be grounded by his recently published book Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy.  Election Meltdown argues for systemic reform, based on such cases as Bush v. Gore and Fish v. Kobach [840 F3d 710 (10th Cir. 2018)].

Professor Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, writing as well in the areas of legislation and statutory interpretation, remedies, and torts. Hasen is co-author of leading casebooks in election law and remedies.

From 2001-2010, he served (with Dan Lowenstein) as founding co-editor of the quarterly peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal. He is the author of over 100 articles on election law issues, published in numerous journals including the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review and Supreme Court Review. He was elected to The American Law Institute in 2009 and serves as Reporter (with Professor Douglas Laycock) on the ALI’s law reform project: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Remedies. He also is an adviser on the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Concluding Provisions.