Election Law Symposium this Thursday!

March 15, 2010

The William & Mary Election Law Symposium is this Thursday, March 18th.  The Symposium is titled “Back to the Drawing Board: The 2010 Census and the Politics of Redistricting” and our expert panel will be discussing various topics related to the upcoming nationwide redistricting efforts.

The panelists include:

– Trevor Potter, John McCain’s General Counsel for the 2000 and 2008 campaigns, founding President and General Counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, and member of the Washington, D.C., based firm Caplin & Drysdale.

– J. Gerald Hebert,  Executive Director and Director of Litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, and former adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he taught courses on voting rights, election law, and campaign finance regulation.

– Jessica Amunson, associate at the Washington, D.C., based firm Jenner & Block where she is a member of the Election Law and Redistricting practice.

The discussion will be moderated by John Hardin Young, noted election lawyer featured in the movie “Recount,” Adjunct Professor at William & Mary Law School, and member of the Advisory Committee to the William & Mary Election Law Program.