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Election Law Online Lectures

The Election Law Program has produced a series of video lectures intended to educate principally judges, but also journalists and the general public, about election law matters.

The first set of video lectures features election law experts Rick Hasen, Ned Foley, and Avi Rubin, with an introduction from William & Mary Law School Dean Davison Douglas.  Topics covered include, “Why Election Law Cases Are Different,” “Pre-Election Issues,” “Election Day Litigation,” “Post-Election Litigation,” and “Electronic Voting Issues.” To view the lectures, click here.

On March 20, 2008, the Program produced a new video lecture called A View from the Trenches: Advice for Judges Handling Election Related Lawsuits intended to provide judges with information they needed to know about election litigation leading up to the 2008 cycle. The conversation, featuring top election lawyers Robert Bauer and Benjamin Ginsberg, moderated by Dean Davison Douglas, is available here.

Each module contains videos and slides (where applicable). To view the videos, you will need Windows Media Player or Adobe Flash Player.  In order to view the slides, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

To order a DVD copy of these lectures, please click here.

A View from the Trenches:
Advice for Judges Handling Election Related Lawsuits
from Experts Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg

Moderated by Davison Douglas, Founding Director,
Election Law Program and Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law

Biographies
Robert Bauer is currently a partner at Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C. and is the chair of the firm’s political law group. Mr. Bauer is general counsel to Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He is the author of several books and articles on election law and runs a popular blog that focuses on campaign finance and other election law issues www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com.		Benjamin Ginsberg is currently a partner at Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. and represents political parties, campaigns, candidates, and other entities involved in the political process. He is currently representing Senator Norm Coleman and his campaign in the ongoing Minnesota recount. Mr. Ginsberg has served as counsel to both the 2000 and 2004 Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns, playing a central role in the 2000 Florida recount. He has also represented the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the Republican Governors Association.

Election Law Controversies: The Basics of Election Litigation
A Resource for Judges, Lawyers, Journalists, and Others Interested in Our Electoral Process

Go directly to:

• Module 1: Why Election Law Cases Are Different
• Module 2: Pre-Election Issues
• Module 3: Election Day Litigation
• Module 4: Post-Election Litigation
• Module 5: Electronic Voting Issues