Scholar Series: How State Constitutions Can Fight Oligarchy
November 18, 2026
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Hauser Hall; 104 Lumbard Classroom
The HLS LPE Student Association is pleased to welcome Brian Highsmith, Assistant Professor at the UCLA School of Law. He will present his research on the history of anti-oligarchy state constitutions and the Socialist Party’s state-level constitutional advocacy, with an eye to the lessons this history has for anti-oligarchy struggles at the state, local, and federal levels today. Lunch will be provided.