Experts Directory
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
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
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
