Jessica Levinson is an

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professor and

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. Levinson teaches at

Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Academics Degrees offered include the Juris Doctor (JD); Master of Science in Legal ...

in Los Angeles, where she lectures in the areas of constitutional law,

election law Election law is a branch of public law that relates to the democratic processes, election of representatives and office holders, and referendums, through the regulation of the electoral system, voting rights, ballot access, election management b ...

and privacy torts.Loyola Law School, Faculty Pages, http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/levinson.html Levinson attended Marlborough School before going to

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

and graduating as the class valedictorian.Loyola Law School, Alumni Spotlight, http://www.lls.edu/themes/Levinson.html Levinson graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School where she was the Senior Articles Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. Levinson served as a law clerk to the Honorable James V. Selna of the Central District of California following graduation. Prior to joining Loyola Law School as a full-time faculty member she practiced with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and served as the Director of Political Reform at the Center for Governmental Studies. Levinson has also published a number of law review articles. These articles discuss issues related to campaign finance law, corporate personhood, ballot access and ballot initiatives.Social Science Research Network, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1722208

References

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

*Levinson, J.A., 2012
The Original Sin of Campaign Finance Law: Why Buckley v. Valeo is Wrong
University of Richmond Law Review, 47, pp. 881–937. *Levin, J.A., 2011
We the Corporations: The Constitutionality of Limitations on Corporate Electoral Speech after Citizens United
University of San Francisco Law Review, 46, pp. 307–358. *Levinson, J.A., 2010
Timing is Everything: A New Model for Countering Corruption without Silencing Speech in Elections
St. Louis University Law Journal, 55, pp. 853–886. *Levinson, J.A. and Stern, R.M., 2009
Ballot Box Budgeting in California: The Bane of the Golden State or an Overstated Problem?
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 37(4), pp. 689–744.

External links

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