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Professor Pitts to Speak during Election Symposium at UK College of Law
03/25/2016
Professor Michael J. Pitts took part in the Kentucky Law Journal symposium at the University of Kentucky College of Law. The event was titled, “An Elective Perspective: Judicial Regulation of Politics in an Election Year,” and it took place on March 25.
The event was kicked off with a keynote address by Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is in her second term in that office. She ran against incumbent Mitch McConnell for the United States Senate in 2014.
Professor Pitts is a Dean’s Fellow and a well-known expert in election law. In addition to teaching a course in election law, he also teaches civil procedure and evidence. Prior to joining the legal academy, he practiced as a trial attorney in the Voting Section of the United States Department of Justice.
