I mentioned earlier that I have posted this draft about Super PACs, corruption and coordination on SSRN and that I’ll be presenting it at a Feb. 7 symposium at Duke.  I now have the full program for the day.  (There is no need to RSVP for this program:)

The Future of Campaign Finance Reform

Hosted by the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy and the Center on Law, Race, and Politics

 Friday, February 7, 2013

 9:00 a.m.     Introductory Remarks – Sanford 223

 9:15 a.m.     Classifying Corruption – Sanford 223

Authors:          Yasmin Dawood, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Richard L. Hasen, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Moderator:      Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University School of Law

Commentator: James A. Gardner, SUNY Buffalo Law School

 

10:25 a.m.   Break

 

10:40 a.m.   Regulating Corruption – Sanford 223

Authors:          Eugene Mazo, Wake Forest University School of Law

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law

Moderator:      Guy-Uriel Charles, Duke University School of Law

Commentator: Jason A. Abel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

 

11:50 a.m.   Break/Change of Venue

 

12:20 p.m.   Lunch and Keynote Address by Lawrence Lessig – Law 3043

 

1:20 p.m.     Break

 

1:30 p.m.     Big Money/Soft Money – Law 4047

Authors:          Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Lynda W. Powell, University of Rochester

Moderator:      Richard L. Hasen, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Commentator: Michael D. Gilbert, University of Virginia School of Law

 

2:40 p.m.     Break

 

2:50 p.m.     Next Steps – Law 4047

Authors:          Renata E. Strause, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University School of Law

Moderator:      James A. Gardner, SUNY Buffalo Law School

Commentator: Ellen D. Katz, University of Michigan Law School

 

4:00 p.m.     Break

4:10 p.m.     Closing Remarks – Law 4047