Election Law Center Recent & Upcoming Events

All events are in the FSU College of Law Main Classroom Building, Auditorium 101, unless otherwise noted.

Friday, February 28, 2025

9:00-9:30 A.M. - Optional Breakfast in Rotunda

9:45-10:00 A.M. - Welcome

• Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor, Donald J. Weidner Chair, Florida State University College of Law
• Professor Michael T. Morley, Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law, Faculty Director, FSU Election Law Center, Florida State University College of Law

10:00-11:30 A.M. - State and County Officials Panel

Presenters and their respective roles in 2000:

• Ms. Sally Bradshaw, Chief of Staff to Governor Jeb Bush
• Paul Hancock, Esq., Florida Deputy Attorney General
• Deborah K. Kearney, Esq., General Counsel, Florida Department of State
• The Honorable Theresa LePore, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
• The Honorable John Thrasher, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
• Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley                       

11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. - Lunch and Remarks by Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd                                   

12:30-2:00 P.M - State Litigation Panel*

• The Honorable Harry Lee Anstead, Former Justice, Florida Supreme Court
• Mitchell W. Berger, Esq., Senior Advisor and Counsel, Gore-Lieberman Presidential Campaign
• The Honorable Major Harding, Former Justice, Florida Supreme Court
• The Honorable Judge Terry Lewis, Former Leon County Circuit Court
• Barry Richard, Esq., Lead Litigation Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaign
• Moderator: Joseph Van de Bogart, General Counsel, Florida Department of State

2:00-2:15 P.M. - Break

2:15-3:45 P.M. - Parallel Federal Litigation Panel*

• Professor Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain, Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
• The Honorable John Antoon, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Joel F. Dubina, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley

3:45-4:00 P.M. - Break

4:00-5:30 P.M. - Keynote Address

• Mr. David Boies, Esq., Chairman Emeritus and Founding Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, National Counsel, Gore-Lieberman Presidential Campaign
• Mr. Ben Ginsberg, Esq., Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, National Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaign

Saturday, March 1, 2025

8:30-9:00 A.M. - Optional Breakfast in Rotunda

9:00-10:30 A.M. - Bush v. Gore, the Right to Vote, and Election Administration*

• Professor Joshua Douglas, Acting Associate Dean for Research, Ashland, Inc. - Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
• Professor Richard L. Hasen, Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
• Professor Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
• Professor Charles Stewart III, Kenan Sahin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Moderator: Professor Lonna Atkeson, Ph.D., Leroy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education and Political Science, Director, LeRoy Collins Institute, FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

10:30-10:45 A.M. - Break

10:45-12:15 P.M. - Congressional v. Judicial Power Over Elections and the Political Question Doctrine*

• Professor Nelson Lund, Distinguished University Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Professor Robert Pushaw, James Wilson Endowed Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law
• Dean Daniel Tokaji, Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Moderator: Professor Charquia Fegins, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law

12:15-1:15 P.M. - Lunch

1:15-2:45 P.M. - Remedies in Election Cases/ Constitutional Questions Concerning the Electoral College*

• Professor Sam Isaacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
• Professor Justin Levitt, Professor of Law, Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow, Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
• Professor Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
• Moderator: Professor Michael T. Morley

2:45-3:00 P.M. - Break

3:00-4:30 P.M. - Bush v. Gore and the Future of the Voting Wars*

• Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles Ogletree, Jr., Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
• Professor Christopher Seaman, Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
• Dean Franita Tolson, Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
• Moderator: Ryan Owens, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Florida Institute on Governance and Civics, FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

*Denotes those events eligible for two general CLE credits by the Florida Bar.