Conference on “Influencing Congress: Scandals, Rules, Ethics, Politics”

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

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