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UC Irvine Election Law Expert Richard Hasen to Deliver Feb. 13 Lecture on "The Voting Wars"
IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
UC Irvine School of Law will present a lecture by election law expert
Prof. Rick Hasen on his upcoming book, "The Voting Wars."
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 13, 4:30 to 5:30 pm.
WHAT: Prof. Hasen, a nationally recognized expert on election
law, will lecture on the subject of his new book, "The Voting Wars: From
Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown," to be published this summer
by Yale University Press. The book explores why nearly a dozen years
after the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election, the problems
with how we run our elections are still not fixed. He argues that we are
just one razor-thin presidential election away from chaos and an
undermining of the rule of law.
WHO: Prof. Hasen blogs on his Election Law Blog, which is often
quoted by the national media, and has written more than four dozen
articles on election law. He also co-authored a leading casebook on
election law, and was founding co-editor of the quarterly Election Law
Journal. Thelecture celebrates his newly endowed Chancellor's Chair,
given only to a small number of faculty across the UC Irvine campus.
WHERE: UC Irvine School of Law, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine,
CA (News - Alert) 92697, Room EDU 1111. Directions and parking information, http://www.law.uci.edu/directions.html
REGISTRATION: The lecture is free and open to the public, with a
reception to follow. Please RSVP online, https://ucisl.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/ChancellorsChairLecturebyProfRickHasen/tabid/339346/Default.aspx
ABOUT UC IRVINE 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 ninth
in the country in scholarly impact in a recent study. The student body
has median grades and LSAT scores 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
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