[Publisher’s Note: FR readers, please do NOT react to this post by sending us your event flyers or requests to publicize your events. Jim’s wife is appearing at the conference below, so we’ll let him off the hook. But we do not, as a rule, advertise events on the blog. That said, this looks like a good one. Thanks. – Flash]
A high-octane Election law seminar produced by Lorman Education Services is scheduled for April 16, 2008 in Santa Monica at the DoubleTree at 1707 4th St. in Santa Monica.
The day-long event will feature presentations by experienced professionals on California and Federal election law, political and advocacy activities of tax-exempt organizations, candidate activities of so-called "527" groups after the recent Wisconsin Right to Life decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, issue advocacy, independent expenditures, voting systems and voting procedures, initiatives and referenda, and a practicum on regulation of political advertising and voter persuasion.
Confirmed speakers at the seminar include Chuck Bell, senior partner of Bell, Hiltachk, LLP and general counsel of the California Republican Party; Daniel Lowenstein, a tenured Professor of Election law at UCLA Law School, one of the co-authors of the California Political Reform Act, and the first Chairman of the Fair Political Practices Commission; Robert Stern, another co-author of the California Political Reform Act, principal drafter of the City of Los Angeles’ ethics and public campaign finance laws and President of the Center for Government Studies; political consultant Allan Hoffenblum, publisher of the California Target Book; and myself, partner in the law firm of Wewer & Lacy, LLP, a recipient of a special "Pollie" award from the American Assocation of Political Consultants for work on election postal regulations. The moderator of and another presenter at the event is your author’s law partner and wife, Janice Lacy, a former Deputy Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee and an administrative and appellate litigator at the Federal Election Commission.
The seminar will be approved for Continuing Education credits for professionals, and is open to the public, with special focus on attorneys, election officials, political consultants, candidates, nonprofit organization managers, county and municipal officials, and others involved in the voting process. Information about cost of registration and materials provided can be obtained by contacting Lorman Education Services at www.lorman.com or by calling 866-352-9539. Reference Seminar ID# 379202.