Properly administered election audits are one of the most important tools states can use to improve voter confidence and election security. In 2020, however, state legislatures in multiple states used audits for the opposite goal of undermining the public's faith in elections and the electoral results themselves. Join us on April 14, as representatives from the Brennan Center for Justice and the R Street Institute discuss the audits that followed the last election cycle and explore options to strengthen oversight of our elections going forward. This virtual panel discussion is hosted by Wayne Law's Voting Rights and Election Law Society and the…

For our democratic system to work, public and private institutions, public officials, and citizens need to value facts and truthfulness. But recent years have witnessed mass disagreements over what is true and how to separate fact from fiction. Join our discussion ‘Pursuing Factual Consensus: What Does "Truth" Mean in the Public Square?’ to delve more deeply into how facts become established in the public mind and how truthfulness might be restored to our public discourse. RSVP HERE   Moderator: Jim Townsend - Director, Levin Center Panelists:   Jonathan Rauch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution       Marc Hetherington Professor of…

For our democratic system to work, our leaders, institutions (both public and private), and citizens need to value facts and truthfulness.  In recent years, however, we have witnessed mass disagreements over what is true and how to separate fact from fiction. We’ve also learned the consequences can be deadly.  The Levin Center is sponsoring a three-part series of panels to delve more deeply into how facts become established in the public mind and how truthfulness might be restored to our public discourse. Our first panel, on May 19th, “Pursuing Factual Consensus: What Does ’Truth’ Mean in the Public Square?” heard from…

Join our Fall 2022 Career Panel for Wayne Law students to find out more about legal careers in Congress. Panelists: Slade Bond - Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Daina Robinson - Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform / Wayne Law Alum / Levin Center Intern 2018 Lunch sandwiches will be provided on a first come first serve basis.

For our democratic system to work, our leaders, institutions, and citizens need to value facts and truthfulness. Recent years, however, have witnessed a steep decline in the public’s ability to separate fact from fiction. We’ve also learned the consequences can be deadly. The Levin Center is sponsoring a three-part series of panels to delve more deeply into how facts become established in the public mind and how truthfulness might be restored to our public discourse. Our first two panels heard from scholars and former member of Congress. Our third panel will feature journalists, media professionals, and scholars discussing the role…

Join us on November 10, 2022, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. ET to discuss the midterm election results with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) and John Moolenaar (R-MI-04)!   RSVP HERE

The Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy and Georgetown Law Center for Congressional Studies are partnering to present a live panel on how the innovative approaches used by the January 6 Select Committee will affect future oversight hearings by Congress. The panelists are: Kristin Amerling, Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the January 6 Committee Reginald Brown, Kirkland & Ellis partner who represented witnesses before the January 6 Committee Lisa Desjardins, PBS NewsHour correspondent who covered the January 6 Committee hearings Professor David Rapallo, Georgetown University Law Center, and former longtime congressional investigator   Hosts: Victoria Nourse, Ralph V.…