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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]

Early life and education

Hasen received his Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986.[1] His Bachelor's degree is in Middle Eastern studies.[1] He received his Master of Arts with distinction in political science in 1988 and 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]

Career

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, campaign finance, voting rights, 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 became a professor at the UCLA Law School.[9][10]

Books

  • Hasen, Richard L. (August 14, 2012). The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18421-1. JSTOR j.ctt32bft8. OCLC 808341874.
  • Hasen, Richard L. (January 12, 2016). Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21674-5. OCLC 936378410.[11]
  • Hasen, Richard L. (March 20, 2018). The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22864-9. OCLC 1002129887.[12]
  • Hasen, Richard L. (February 4, 2020). Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy. Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvw1d4ww. ISBN 978-0-300-24819-7. JSTOR j.ctvw1d4ww. OCLC 1111981022. S2CID 243732678.
  • Hasen, Richard L. (March 8, 2022). Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics―and How to Cure It. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25937-7.
  • Hasen, Richard L. (February 20, 2024). A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691257716.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Richard L. Hasen". University of California, Irvine. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Richard Hasen". Georgetown University Law Center. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Maxwell, William Earl; Crain, Ernest; Santos, Adolfo (2013). Texas Politics Today, 2013–2014 Edition. Cengage Learning. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-285-54610-0. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Barr, Andy. "Deadlock: Rise of the Endless Election". NBC Connecticut. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Barr, Andy. "Deadlock: Rise of the endless election". Politico. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Barr, Andy. "Birther debate alive across U.S." Politico. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Professor Richard L. Hasen". American Law Institute. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  8. ^ "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America". The American Lawyer. March 25, 2013. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Richard L. Hasen". The Regents of the University of California.
  10. ^ "Hasen Moving to UCLA Law". March 24, 2022.
  11. ^ Reviews of Plutocrats United:
  12. ^ Russello, Gerald J. (2019). The Review of Politics. 81 (1): 136–141. doi:10.1017/S0034670518000803. ISSN 0034-6705.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  13. ^ "A Real Right to Vote | Princeton University Press". press.princeton.edu. February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

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