UC Irvine School of Law to Hold Symposium on Election Law Issues on Sept. 14

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Top experts from around the country will speak about election law issues at a symposium hosted by UC Irvine School of Law on Sept. 14.

“Foxes, Henhouses, and Commissions: Assessing the Nonpartisan Model in Election Administration, Redistricting, and Campaign Finance.”

WHO: The event is organized by Prof. Rick Hasen, a nationally known expert on election law and author of The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown.

WHAT: Hasen and other experts will speak about election law issues in “Foxes, Henhouses, and Commissions: Assessing the Nonpartisan Model in Election Administration, Redistricting, and Campaign Finance.”

For many years, especially since the 2000 presidential election controversy, scholars have debated whether nonpartisan actors should replace partisan actors or a bipartisan commission in administering elections, conducting redistricting, and policing the campaign finance system. This symposium, sponsored by the UC Irvine School of Law, the UC Irvine Law Review, and the UCI Center for the Study of Democracy, will offer empirical, legal, normative, theoretical, and historical perspectives on the use of partisanship in the agencies governing election administration, redistricting, and campaign finance laws.

WHEN: Friday, Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: UC Irvine School of Law, Room EDU 1111. Directions: http://www.law.uci.edu/directions.html

REGISTRATION: This event is free and open to the public, but online RSVP is required. Go to the web site symposium page to RSVP and see a full speakers list and schedule, http://www.law.uci.edu/election_law_symposium_sept2012.html

We are close to capacity, but an overflow room will be available. (A webcast will also be available, and a link to it will appear on the symposium page.)

Contact: Rex Bossert, assistant dean for communications, [e-mail], 949-824-3063.

About UCI School of Law: UC Irvine School of Law seeks to create the ideal law school for the 21st century by doing the best job of training lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. Recruited from prestigious schools, the faculty ranked seventh in the country in scholarly impact in a recent study. The student body has overall admissions statistics comparable to those of student bodies at top 20 law schools. The school's innovative curriculum stresses hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study and public service. www.law.uci.edu