Speaking Engagements


Selected Speaking Engagements:

  • 2012
    • "The Journalism Law School" – hosted by Loyola Law School (June 1, 2012). 
    • "Press for Democracy" (April 28, 2012). 
    • "The Point," January 18, 2012. 
  • 2011
    • "The Consequences of Redistricting" – hosted by the Santa Monica Democratic Club  (November 30, 2011). 
    • "Presidential and Congressional Political Campaigns," hosted by the Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, October 19, 2011. 
    • "Can Redistricting Improve California?," hosted by Zocalo Public Square, June 15, 2011. 
    • "What is the State of the State?," hosted by the League of Women Voters of Orange County, April 23, 2011. 
    • "Democracy, Inc? Citizens United, Corporate Expenditures & the Future of Campaign Finance Law," University of San Francisco, Law Review Symposium, February 25, 2011. 
  • 2010
    • “Election 2010 Post-Mortem,” hosted by the League of Women Voters of Pasadena, November 4, 2010.
    • “Democracy For Sale: How to Make Elections about Candidates and Issues,” hosted by the UCLA Hammer Museum, October 12, 2010.
    • “Rebooting California: Initiatives, Conventions & Government Reform,” hosted by the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, September 24, 2010.
    • “California Student Democracy Training,” hosted by Democracy Matters and Common Cause, July 24, 2010.
    • “Explaining Citizens United and the California Ballot Initiative Process,” hosted by the Westchester Democratic Club, June 17, 2010.
    • “Proposition 15: The California Fair Elections Act,” hosted by the League of Women Voters and California Common Cause, May 20, 2010.
    • “Untangling Citizens United: The Future of Campaign Finance Reform,” hosted by California Common Cause, May 7, 2010.
    • “Waking from the California Dream: The Past, Present, and Future of California's Fiscal Constitution,” hosted by the Hastings College of Law Constitutional Law Quarterly, February 25, 2010.
    • “Exploring Political Corruption,” hosted by The Press Enterprise, February 8, 2010.
  • 2009
    • “Constitutional Reform, Term Limits and Overturning the Two Thirds Majority Required to Pass a State Budget,” hosted by the League of Women Voters, December 11, 2009.
    • “Transparency, Accountability and the Growing Role of ‘Governmental’ Non-Profits,” hosted by the Council of Governmental Ethics Laws, December 9, 2009.
    • “Recovery and Reform: The State Budget, the Federal Stimulus, and How Los Angeles Public Interest Lawyers Can Lead the Movement For Change,” hosted by the Public Interest Law Journal, October 23, 2009.
    • “Secrets in a Democracy: Constitution Café 5: Whose First Amendment?,” hosted by Scripps College, October 8, 2009.
    • “Is California Governable?,” hosted by California State University, Fullerton, September 17, 2009.
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