FSU Election Law Center Spring 2026 Conference

We are thrilled to announce the FSU Election Law Center Spring 2026 Conference, bringing together the nation’s most preeminent election law scholars, leading policymakers, top litigators, election regulators and administrators, and other experts to tackle the most pressing issues affecting elections across the United States.

Confirmed speakers include a Member of Congress currently serving on the House Committee on Administration – Election Subcommittee, two FEC Commissioners (one former), a sitting EAC Commissioner, leadership from the Department of Justice, Electronic Registration Information Center, and Federal Voting Assistance Program, and twenty of the country’s leading scholars in law and political science.

Panel discussions will cover voting rights, election administration, election litigation, campaign finance, and institutional structures in a post-Callais world, among other critical topics.

The conference will begin in the afternoon on Thursday, April 16, and go all day on Friday, April 17, at the Hilton Washington, D.C. - Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.

This is a unique opportunity to engage with the thought leaders and decision-makers shaping election law today. Don't miss your chance to participate in this landmark event.

Presentations will be eligible for a total of 11 Florida CLE credits, including 1.0 ethics,1.0 technology, and board certification credits in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice.

This event is in-person only. There will be no virtual attendance option.

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Schedule

Thursday, April 16

1:30-1:45 P.M.              Welcome Remarks

  • Professor Michael T. Morley, Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law and Faculty Director, FSU Election Law Center, Florida State University College of Law

1:45-2:45 P.M.             

                                        Voting Rights in the Twenty-First Century

  • Professor Rebecca Green*, Professor of Law and Director, Election Law Program, William & Mary Law School
  • Professor Lori Ringhand, J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Georgia School of Law
  • Professor Natalie Swenson, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

3:00-4:00 P.M.              Congresswoman Julie Johnson, Representative for Texas’s 32nd District

4:10-5:40 P.M.              Political Science Roundtable

  • Professor Adam Berinsky, Mitsui Professor of Political Science and Director, MIT Political Experiments Research Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Professor Justin Grimmer, Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy, Stanford University School of Humanities & Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  • Professor M.V. Hood III, Professor of Political Science and Director, Survey Research Center, University of Georgia School of Public & International Affairs
  • Professor Lorraine Minnite, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University
  • Professor Charles Stewart*, Kenan Sahin (1963) Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Election Data & Science Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

* Denotes those speakers who will moderate the panel in addition to providing their own presentation.

All events are located at Hilton Washington, D.C. - Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.

 

Friday, April 17

8:00-9:00 A.M.              Breakfast

8:20-9:00 A.M.              Breakfast Address: Mr. Samuel Bagenstos, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice; Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

9:00-10:30 A.M.           Election Administration

  • Mr. Shane Hamlin, Executive Director, Electronic Registration Information Center
  • Commissioner Thomas Hicks, Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
  • Professor Michael T.  Morley*, Faculty Director, FSU College of Law Election Law Center
  • Professor Michael Morse, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
  • Mr. J. Scott Wiedmann, Director, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness, Federal Voting Assistance Program

10:45 A.M.-12:15 P.M. Election Litigation

  • Professor Travis Crum, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
  • Ms. Danielle Lang, Vice President, Voting Rights and Rule of Law, Campaign Legal Center
  • Mr. Justin Riemer
  • Mr. Jason Torchinsky, Partner, Holtzman Vogel
  • Ms. Maureen Wagner Vinson*, Executive Director, FSU College of Law Election Law Center

12:30-1:15 P.M.             Lunch

1:30-3:00 P.M.              Campaign Finance

  • Professor Richard Briffault*, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
  • Mr. Allen Dickerson, Partner, BakerHostetler; Former Chairman, Federal Election Commission
  • Professor Sarah Haan, Sheridan Albert ‘48 Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
  • Commissioner Dara Lindenbaum, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
  • Ms. Lisa J. Stevenson, Deputy General Counsel for Law, Federal Election Commission

3:15-4:45 P.M.              Institutional Structures in a Post-Callais World

  • Professor Wilfred Codrington, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
  • Professor Michael R. Dimino, Sr., Professor of Law, Widener University, Commonwealth Law School
  • Professor Maureen Edobor, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law
  • Professor Ned Foley*, Charles W. Ebersold & Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director, Election Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

* Denotes those speakers who will moderate the panel in addition to providing their own presentation.

All events are located at Hilton Washington, D.C. - Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.