Richard L. Hasen Explained

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]

Education

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]

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, 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]}

Books

• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown. 978-0-300-18421-1. Yale University Press. 808341874. 2012-08-14. j.ctt32bft8.
• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections. 978-0-300-21674-5. Yale University Press. 936378410. 2016-01-12. ^[11]
• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption. 978-0-300-22864-9. Yale University Press. 1002129887. 2018-03-20. ^[12]
• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-24819-7. 1111981022. 2020-02-04. 10.2307/j.ctvw1d4ww. j.ctvw1d4ww. 243732678 .
• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics―and How to Cure It. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-25937-7. 2022-03-08.
• Book: Hasen. Richard L.. A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy . . 9780691257716 . 2024-02-20. ^[13]

External links

• Profile at University of California, Irvine
  • • • Election Law Blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard L. Hasen. 2020-11-19. University of California, Irvine. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140425/https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/. 2020-11-19. live.
2. Web site: Richard Hasen. 2020-11-19. en-US. Georgetown University Law Center. August 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200826060822/https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/richard-hasen/. live.
3. Book: Maxwell. William Earl. Texas Politics Today, 2013–2014 Edition. Crain. Ernest. Santos. Adolfo. 2013. Cengage Learning. 978-1-285-54610-0. en. 81. November 19, 2020. November 19, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119145637/https://books.google.ca/books?id=r5ZuCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA81. live.
4. News: Barr. Andy. Deadlock: Rise of the Endless Election. 2020-11-19. NBC Connecticut. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140428/https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/deadlock__rise_of_the_endless_election/2062530/. 2020-11-19. live.
5. News: Barr. Andy. Deadlock: Rise of the endless election. 2020-11-19. Politico. en. September 14, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190914070457/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/deadlock-rise-of-the-endless-election-021049. live.
6. News: Barr. Andy. Birther debate alive across U.S.. 2020-11-19. Politico. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140427/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/02/birther-debate-alive-across-us-049444. 2020-11-19. live.
7. Web site: Professor Richard L. Hasen. 2020-11-19. American Law Institute. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140428/https://www.ali.org/members/member/290783/. 2020-11-19. live.
8. The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America. 2020-11-19. 2013-03-25. The American Lawyer. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140447/https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202593480687/?%2F&slreturn=20201019090445. November 19, 2020. live. subscription.
9. Web site: Richard L. Hasen . The Regents of the University of California.
10. Web site: Hasen Moving to UCLA Law. March 24, 2022.
11. Reviews of Plutocrats United:
    • Ridout. Travis N.. December 2016. none. Perspectives on Politics. en. 14. 4. 1223–1224. 10.1017/S1537592716003674. 151935419. 1537-5927.
    • Pevnick. Ryan. An Egalitarian Approach to Campaign Finance Reform. The New Rambler. 2016-06-01. 2020-11-19. August 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180823012110/http://newramblerreview.com/book-reviews/law/an-egalitarian-approach-to-campaign-finance-reform. live.
12. Russello. Gerald J.. 2019. none. The Review of Politics. en. 81. 1. 136–141. 10.1017/S0034670518000803. 0034-6705.
13. Web site: A Real Right to Vote Princeton University Press . press.princeton.edu . 24 February 2024 . en . 20 February 2024.