Richard L. Hasen
Faculty
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science

Professor Richard L. Hasen is the Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Hasen is a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and is co-author of a leading casebook on election law.

From 2001-2010, he served (with Dan Lowenstein) as founding co-editor of the quarterly peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal. He is the author of more than 80 articles on election law issues, published in numerous journals including the Harvard Law Review (forthcoming 2012), Stanford Law Review and Supreme Court Review. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2009.

His op-eds and commentaries have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, and Slate. Hasen also writes the often-quoted Election Law Blog. His newest book, The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown, was published in summer 2012 by Yale University Press.

Professor Hasen holds a B.A. degree (with highest honors) from UC Berkeley, and a J.D., M.A., and Ph.D. (Political Science) from UCLA. After law school, Richard Hasen clerked for the Honorable David R. Thompson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then worked as a civil appellate lawyer at the Encino firm of Horvitz and Levy.

From 1994-1997, Hasen taught at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and from 1998-2011 he taught at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he was named the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law in 2005. He joined the UC Irvine School of Law faculty in July 2011.

Expertise: Election Law, Legislation, Remedies, and Torts

Prior Courses Taught: Common Law Analysis-Public Ordering (Torts), Election Law, Remedies, Legislation/Statutory Interpretation, Contracts

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401 E. Peltason Dr., Law 3800-D
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
rhasen@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-3072
Faculty Assistant Sara Galloway
sgalloway@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-2370
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