Two nationally-known authorities on election and campaign finance issues will be guest lecturers this fall at the Election and Campaign Finance Law course at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Both classes are open to the public, and the presentations will include a question-and-answer period. Commissioner Bradley A. Smith of the Federal Election Commission will speak on Monday, October 29, 2001 at 5 p.m. in Room 5246. Bradley A. Smith is one of six members of the Federal Election Commission. A Republican appointee, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2000. Prior to his appointment, Smith was a professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. Smith has testified before Congress on campaign finance reform and also has been a frequent guest on news programs and a contributor to publications including The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. In 2001, Smith published his first book, Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform, a collection of essays advocating for the deregulation of campaign financing. E. Joshua Rosenkranz, President & CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice, will speak on November 19, 2001 at 4:35 p.m. in Room 5240. E. Joshua Rosenkranz is a founder and the President of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. A former law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. as well as then-Court of Appeals Judge Antonin Scalia, Rosenkranz is one of the nation's leading public-sector lawyers. The Brennan Center is a new kind of public interest institution, incorporating elements of a public interest law firm, a think tank, and an advocacy organization. The Center has been active on issues of campaign finance reform, voting and representation, judicial independence, and voter choice. Election and Campaign Finance Law is a three credit seminar taught each fall at the University of Wisconsin Law School by Brady Williamson and Mike Wittenwyler. One of the few such law school courses in the country, the class examines the regulation of elections and campaigns, state and federal, focusing on a dynamic, expanding and controversial area of the law. The class addresses very current legal issues involving ?soft money,? issue advocacy, and campaign finance reform legislation, including McCain-Feingold and similar state legislation as well as the more traditional aspects of election law, voting rights and requirements and political broadcasting. For more information, contact Mike Wittenwyler: 608-284-2616, wittenwyler@gklaw.com
Submitted by on October 23, 2001
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