Election Law Programs, News Uw School Of Law

Featured here are a variety of resources such as state election law ebenchbooks a pilot project to annotate state election codes.

Election candidates 2020 wicklow. A growing number of law schools across the country have canceled classes on election day in order to facilitate voting and give students the opportunity to do election related volunteer work. The conceptual knowledge behind election law focuses on who votes when that person can vote and the construction behind the tabulated totals. After that there was a proliferation of textbooks.

The program also produces a series of web based lectures designed to educate judges and journalists about the fundamentals of election law. Tracks campaign finance data. The election law program is a joint project of william mary law school and the national center for state courts.

Every fall the program offers a basic course in election law taught by william marys professor rebecca green. We started seeing more classes in law schools and there arose a focus on developing election law as its own field. Yang deputy director aba public services division.

Election law is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political scienceit researches the politics of law and the law of politics. Oversees public funding used in presidential elections. Electoral process often comes down to resolving election law disputes in court.

The federal election commission fec oversees enforcement of the federal election campaign act. Kristi gaines senior legislative counsel aba. Sets campaign contribution limits for individuals and groups.

We have also offered courses in post election litigation and campaign finance on campus. These election law cases are extraordinarily important to the democratic process often concerning fundamental issues such. Above the law in your inbox.

The functioning of the us. One credit mini courses range from topics like political speech and the irs to lobbying law to international election law. Nicole austin hillery director and counsel washington office the brennan center for justice at new york university school of law washington dc.

In 2011 the deer creek foundation generously awarded the program a grant to run election law war games at three state judicial conferences. The federal election commissions role in campaign finance law. The election law program is committed to providing high quality resources to state court judges to enhance their understanding of state election codes and election litigation.

Election webinars for members of. Director aba standing committee on election law washington dc moderator. Careers and pro bono opportunities in election law.