On April 28, the UC Washington Center, Election Law Journal, UCLA, and IGS at UC Berkeley will hold this conference in Washington DC. Here is the schedule:
- 9:00-9:15 Welcome: Bruce E. Cain, Director, UC Washington Center, Daniel Lowenstein, Professor, School of Law, UCLA
9:15-10:00 Keynote: Congressman David Price (D-NC04)
10:15-11:45 Panel 1: Rules and Reform
Chair: Barbara Sinclair
Billy Pitts, President, Government Affairs for the NTI Group, Inc.
Don DeArmon, Senior Vice President, Cavarocchi, Ruscio, Dennis Associates
Anne Joseph, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall
Andrew Stark, Professor, University of Toronto Law School
11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Panel II: Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform
Chair: Daniel Lowenstein
Ray LaRaja, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts,
Trevor Potter , Attorney, Caplin and Drysdale
Rick Hasen, Professor, Loyola School of Law
Michael Malbin, Executive Director, Campaign Finance Institute, George Washington University
2:45-4:15 Panel III: Interest Groups, Congressional Decision Making and Ethics
Chair: Bruce Cain
Andy Sabl, Professor, School of Public Affairs, UCLA
Jeff Birnbaum, columnist, Washington Post
Daniel Lowenstein, School of Law, UCLA
Barbara Sinclair, Political Science Department, UCLA
Click on the link above for more information on how to RSVP.