Past Events

On November 18th, the State Democracy Research Initiative hosted a panel discussion featuring four state high court judges exploring questions of legal interpretation.

On October 11th, 2022 the Elections Research Center and the State Democracy Research initiative hosted their fourth and last installment of the Election Matters 2022 series on direct democracy.

On September 13th, 2022 the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison and the State Democracy Research Initiative hosted our next installment of the Election Matters 2022 series, focused on both campaign finance and the state of our political discourse, including potential regulatory and nonregulatory solutions.

On June 30th, 2022, the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison and the State Democracy Research Initiative hosted another virtual installment of Election Matters 2022, sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. This webinar explored hot topics in redistricting law, with emphasis on the Voting Rights Act, and consider the proper role of courts and other federal and state institutions in the redistricting process.

In May 2022, the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School hosted Public Law in the States 2022: Interpretation in the States.

This event kicked off the discussion series, Election Matters 2022, co-hosted with the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison and sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP.

On April 14, 2022, the State Democracy Research Initiative and the Frank J. Remington Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School hosted a conversation among legal scholars on prosecutorial discretion at the state and local level.

On November 19, 2021, the State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison co-hosted a live-streamed discussion on unfolding redistricting developments, emerging themes, and what to expect moving forward in Wisconsin and around the country.

On October 7, 2021, the State Democracy Research Initiative hosted a virtual kickoff event featuring state solicitors general from four states, who discussed their roles and perspectives on state government and cases they have litigated involving state democracy and state constitutional law.