Thursday, April 14th, 5:30-6:45pm

Wittemyer Court Room, Wolf Law Building

 

 

Welcome and Introduction: David Mapel, Director of the Keller Center

 

Keynote Address: “The First Amendment After Citizens United”

Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center

 


Friday, April 15th

Room 301, Wolf Law Building

 

Session I: Citizens or Plutocracy United? (9:00-10:45am)

 

“Plutocracy United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections”

Richard Hasen, University of California, Irvine

 

Commentator: Corey Brettschneider, Brown University

 


 

Session II: Interest Group Advertising, Corporate Spending, and Brand Identity (11:00am-12:30pm)

 

 

“Interest Group Issue Strategies: Advertising in Congressional Elections”

Michael Franz, Bowdoin University

 

“Shooting Your Brand in the Foot: What Citizens United Invites”

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University

 

Commentator: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado, Boulder

 


 

Session III: Disclosure (1:30-3:00pm)

 

What Effective Disclosure Looks Like”

Conor M. Dowling, University of Mississippi

 

Unleashing the Power of Campaign Information Disclosure”

Adam Bonica, Stanford University

 

Commentator: Helen Norton, University of Colorado, Boulder

 


Saturday, April 16th

Room 301, Wolf Law Building

 

Session IV: Corruption and Its Appearance (9:00-10:30am)

 

The New Corruption”

Ryan Pevnick, New York University

 

Campaign Finance and the Rhetoric of Corruption”

Douglas Spencer, University of Connecticut Law School

 

Commentator: Adam Hosein, University of Colorado, Boulder

 


 

Session V: Campaign Finance and Political Parties (10:45am-12:15pm)

 

Party by Association: Reevaluating the First Amendment Interests of Political Parties in the Context of Campaign Finance”

Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Kline School of Law, Drexel University

 

De-Regulating Party Campaign Finance”

Michael S. Kang, Emory University School of Law

 

Commentator: John Griffin, University of Colorado, Boulder