Richard Hasen | |
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![]() Rick Hasen in 2018 at South by Southwest | |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MA, PhD, JD) |
Known for | Legislation Election law Campaign finance |
Richard L. Hasen is an American legal scholar and law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an expert in legislation, election law and campaign finance. [1]
Hasen received a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors (in Middle Eastern studies) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. [1] He received a Master of Arts with distinction (in political science) in 1988, and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science in 1992, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] He received his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 1991, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. [1]
Hasen was a law clerk to Judge David R. Thompson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 1992 before joining the law firm of Horvitz & Levy LLP, in Encino, California. [1]
He taught at the Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1994 to 1997. [2] In 1998 he took a position at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles; in 2005, he was named by Loyola as the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law. He left Loyola to become a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law in July 2011. [1]
Hasen was one of the founding co-editors of the quarterly Election Law Journal , a peer reviewed publication on election law. [1] He also runs ElectionLawBlog, a blog focusing on election law, election security, campaign finance, voting rights, ballot initiatives, redistricting, and other legal issues. [3] [4] [5] [6]
In 2009, [1] Hasen was elected to the American Law Institute. [7] In 2013, the National Law Journal included Hasen on its list of the "100 most influential lawyers in America." [8]
In 2022, Hasen joined the faculty at UCLA School of Law. [9] [10]
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