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Elizabeth Garrett

Elizabeth Garrett

University Vice President for Academic Planning and Budget; Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, Political Science, and Policy, Planning, and Development

Specialization: Law expert specializing in California politics, national elections, the federal budget, initiatives and voting and campaign finance. Can comment on President Bush's approval ratings.

Phone: (213) 740-0064


Areas of Expertise:

  • California politics, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California budget issues, California's role in national politics, voter activism, presidential elections (George W. Bush and John Kerry), elections, referendums and initiatives, term limits, recall elections, ballot issues, voter-driven laws and legislation, petitions and petition drives, city council procedures, local government legal issues, local governments, campaign finance, McCain-Feingold Bill (campaign finance reform, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act), Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules, law and politics, congressional legislative process, political parties, budget process, Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, administrative law,

Jennifer Urban

Jennifer Urban

Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic

Specialization: Expert on intellectual property law and policy

Phone: (213) 740-1538


Areas of Expertise:

  • technology policy, particularly related to consumer rights, privacy and copyright, copyright law, trademark law, intellectual property, Internet

Matthew Spitzer

Matthew Spitzer

Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Political Science, and Professor of Law and Social Science at California Institute of Technology

Specialization: Media law specialist

Phone: (626) 395-5978


Areas of Expertise:

  • law and economics, federal broadcasting law, torts, telecommunications policy, cable television rates, broadcast media law, content control in broadcasting, Internet and new media law, administrative law