Dean's Speaker Series: Richard Hasen | October 30

The October Dean’s Speaker Series will feature Richard Hasen, Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project, at UCLA Law. Professor Hasen will speak on Election Law Issues in the 2024 Election on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:30 pm in Classroom D. Lunch will be provided.

Professor Hasen is an internationally recognized expert in election law, writing as well in the areas of legislation and statutory interpretation, remedies, and torts. He is co-author of leading casebooks in election law and remedies. He served as a CNN Election Law Analyst in 2020 and as an NBC News/MSNBC Election Law Analyst in 2022.

Professor Hasen was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal in 2013, and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2005 and 2016 by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal.

His op-eds and commentaries have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, and Slate. Hasen also writes the often-quoted Election Law Blog, which the ABA Journal named to its “Blawg 100 Hall of Fame” in 2015. His 2022 book, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It, was named one of the four best books on disinformation by the New York Times. His new book, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, was published by Princeton University Press in February 2024.