UCLA School of Law has launched the Safeguarding Democracy Project, aimed at ensuring free and fair elections in the United States. Headed by Richard L. Hasen, who recently joined the law faculty of UCLA, the project will promote research, events, and advocacy aimed at ensuring election integrity.
When asked about the project and its advisory board, Hasen said, “We have come together to look at how we can strengthen democratic institutions, public confidence in elections, and the rule of law. The matter is urgent.”
ALI members on the Safeguarding Democracy Project Advisory Board are listed below:
- Floyd Abrams of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Guy-Uriel E. Charles of Harvard Law School
- Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley School of Law
- Danielle Citron of UVA School of Law
- Edward B. Foley of Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
- Michele Bratcher Goodwin of UC Irvine School of Law
- Samuel Issacharoff of NYU School of Law
- Leah Litman of University of Michigan Law School
- Michael T. Morley of Florida State University College of Law
- Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School
- Richard Pildes of NYU School of Law
- Franita Tolson of USC Gould School of Law
Learn more about the project here.