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RSVP to Attend Spring Symposium – From the Voting Rights Act to Artificial Intelligence: The History and Future of Free and Fair Elections, Documentary Screening and Rule of Law & Democracy Panel, Art Unveiling and Reception
February 6
From the Voting Rights Act to Artificial Intelligence: The History and Future of Free and Fair Elections
Friday, February 6, 2026
Join us in person at UC Law SF or online for the Spring Constitutional Law Quarterly Symposium in partnership with the new Center for Constitutional Democracy – From the Voting Rights Act to Artificial Intelligence: The History and Future of Free and Fair Elections (9 AM – 2 PM).
8:30am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00am – 9:30am
Welcome and Morning Conversation with San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean, David Faigman
9:30am – 10:30am
Panel 1: Texas and California in Focus – Prop 50 and the strengths and vulnerabilities of California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission model
- Margaret Prinzing: Partner, Olson Remcho
- Andrew Shen: Partner, Renne Public Law Group
- Brittany Stonesifer: Voting Rights and Redistricting Program Manager, Common Cause California
- Eric McGhee: Policy Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
- Moderator: Reuel Schiller: The Honorable Roger J. Traynor Chair and Professor of Law, UC Law SF
10:30am – 10:45am – Break
10:45am – 11:45am
Panel 2: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
- Matt Cagle: Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California
- David Evan Harris: Chancellor’s Public Scholar, UC Berkeley
- Micah Weinberg: Senior Strategic Advisor, UC Berkeley
- Vera Zakem: Executive Fellow in Applied Technology Policy, UC Berkeley and former Chief Digital Democracy and Rights Officer at USAID
- Brittan Heller: Teaching Fellow for the Program on Law, Science, and Technology and Lecturer, Stanford Law School
- Shu Dar Yao: Founder and Managing Partner, Lucid Capitalism
- Moderator: Nicole Ozer: Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy, UC Law SF
11:45am – 12:00pm – Break
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Panel 3: Louisiana v. Callais and the future of the Voting Rights Act
- Nicholas Green: California DOJ, Civil Rights Enforcement Section
- Matt Coles: Professor of Practice, UC Law SF
- Jesse Mainardi: Adjunct Professor of Law, UC Law SF
- Moderator: Zach Price: Professor of Law, UC Law SF
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Lunch Programming
1:30pm – 2:15pm
PBS Documentary Screening, The American Revolution*
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Rule of Law & Democracy Panel
- David Faigman: Chancellor & Dean, William B. Lockhart Professor of Law and the John F. Digardi Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Law SF
- Reuel Schiller: The Honorable Roger J. Traynor Chair and Professor of Law, UC Law SF
- Thalia Gonzalez: Professor of Law and the James Edgar Hervey ’50 Chair of Litigation, UC Law SF
- Burt Neuborne: Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties Emeritus, Founding Legal Director, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU
- Moderator: Nicole Ozer: Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy, UC Law SF
3:15pm – 5:00pm
Digital Art Unveiling “Tidal Waves of Justice” followed by Reception
RSVP at https://uchastings.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9pFLaBYlxwKV62G or scan the QR code on the poster below:
From the Voting Rights Act to AI Poster
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