Race, Voting & Elections

With the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest surging across America, three Berkeley Law professors describe how race could profoundly impact the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Participants:

• Moderator: Assistant Professor Asad Rahim, Assistant Professor of Law
• Professor Taeku Lee, Associate Dean, JSP Program, Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science
• Professor Ian Haney López, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, Director, Racial Politics Project, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
• Professor Bertrall Ross, Chancellor’s Professor of Law

MCLE Materials (will be placed on reunion website schedule once approved):

Report: Fair Elections During a Crisis: https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/2020ElectionReport.pdf;

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/debate-dog-whistle.html;

https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/interviews/interest-convergence-looks-different-today-talking-ian-haney-lopez/ 

MCLE credit from this session will apply toward the Elimination of Bias requirement.