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1 Appointments Publications MICHAEL J. PITTS INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW LAWRENCE W. INLOW HALL 530 WEST NEW YORK STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 (317) 278-9155 [email protected] APPOINTMENTS Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indianapolis, IN Professor of Law July 2012-Present Associate Professor of Law June 2006-July 2012 Courses: Civil Procedure I and II, Evidence, Election Law. Taught Professional Responsibility in Cairo, Egypt, Summer 2009 University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE Visiting Assistant Professor of Law June 2005-May 2006 Courses: Professional Responsibility, Employment Discrimination, Election Law, Constitutional Law. PUBLICATIONS Books Election Law Litigation (w/ Foley & Douglas) (Aspen 2014) Journal Articles Against Residency Requirements, 2015 U. CHI. LEGAL FORUM __ Empirically Measuring the Impact of Photo ID Over Time and Its Impact on Women, 48 IND. L. REV. __ (2015) P = E² and Other Thoughts on the Value of Participation, 65 OKLA. L. REV. 101 (2013) Photo ID, Provisional Balloting, and Indiana’s 2012 Primary Election, 47 U. RICHMOND L. REV. 939 (2013) Opt-Out Voting, 39 HOFSTRA L. REV. 897 (2011) Redistricting and Discriminatory Purpose, 59 AM. U. L. REV. 1575 (2010) Documenting Disfranchisement: Voter Identification at Indiana’s 2008 General Election 25 J. L. & POL. 329 (2009) (w/ Matthew Neumann) Poll Workers, Election Administration, and the Problem of Implicit Bias, 15 MICH. J. RACE & L. 1 (2009) (w/ Antony Page) 1 What Will the Life of Riley v. Kennedy Mean for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act?, 68 MD. L. REV. 481 (2009) Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, 24 J. L. & POL. 475 (2008) The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, 59 ALA. L. REV. 903 (2008) Defining “Partisan” Law Enforcement, 18 STAN. L. & POL’Y REV. 324 (2007) Heads or Tails? A Modest Proposal for Deciding Close Elections, 39 CONN. L. REV. 739 (2006) (reprinted in Politics and Democracy: Electoral Reforms (K. Prasanna Rani ed. 2008)) Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off Just Yet: A Response to Samuel Issacharoff’s Suggestion To Scuttle Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 84 NEB. L. REV. 605 (2005) Georgia v. Ashcroft: It’s the End of Section 5 As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), 32 PEPP. L. REV. 265 (2005) Congressional Enforcement of Affirmative Democracy Through Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 25 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 183 (2005) Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: A Once and Future Remedy?, 81 DENV. U. L. REV. 225 (2003) Book Reviews, Commentaries, Brief Essays and Reports Shelby County v. Holder: Reasons to believe, SCOTUSBLOG (Feb. 11, 2013, 1:17 PM) http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/02/shelby-county-v-holder-reasons-to-believe/ Commentator, Reuters Forum on the Future of the Voting Rights Act, http://www.reuters.com/subjects/voting-rights (Feb. 7, 2013) One Person, One Vote: Teaching “Sixth-Grade Arithmetic”, 56 ST. LOUIS U. L. J. 759 (2012) Redistricting 101, 10 ELECTION L. J. 483 (2011) Guest Blogger, Concurring Opinions, June and December 2011 Introduction: The Law of Democracy, 44 IND. L. REV. 1 (2010) (introduction to symposium volume) Voter Identification, Part of Pew Center on the States Report: Provisional Ballots: An Imperfect Solution (Aug. 31, 2009), available at http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=54789 Outdated racial stereotypes can mask subtler forms of bias, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION (July 28, 2009) (w/ Antony Page) 2 The Amicus Briefs in the Indiana Voter Identification Case: I read . so you don’t have to, Commentary for Election Law @ Moritz (Jan. 8, 2008), available at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/articles.php?ID=227 Ordinary People, 6 ELECTION L. J. 113 (2007) Guest Blogger, Election Law Blog, available at: http://electionlawblog.org/archives/cat_vra_renewal_guest_blogging.html The Exclusionary Rule, 86 GEO. L.J. 1339 (1998) PRESENTATIONS Discussant, The Jurisprudence of Voting Rights, Midwest Political Science Association, April 6, 2014 Shelby County v. Holder: A Primer and Some Thoughts, University of Oklahoma College of Law, February 15, 2013 Panelist, Ensuring Integrity and Access: Voter ID in 2012 and Beyond, Pew Center on the States, Washington, DC, December 10, 2012 (broadcast on C-SPAN: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/michaelpitts02) Moderator, The Voting Rights Act and Redistricting, The George Washington University Law School, November 16, 2012 Photo ID, Provisional Balloting, and Indiana’s 2012 Primary Election, University of Richmond School of Law, October 5, 2012 Casting a Ballot in Indiana: From Registration to Photo Identification, Indianapolis Bar Association, August 13, 2012 Key Developments in Redistricting Under the Voting Rights Act, ABA Teleconference, June 14, 2012 (moderator and participant) Photo ID and Provisional Balloting, National Bar Association Law & Religion Conference, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2012 Highlights of the 2010 Redistricting Cycle, University of Kentucky College of Law, October 20, 2011 Section 5, Redistricting, and Discriminatory Purpose, University of Baltimore School of Law, September 30, 2010. Moderator, Citizens United, the 2010 Election and the Future of the Supreme Court, American Constitution Society, May 12, 2010. Poll Workers, Election Administration and the Problem of Implicit Bias, New York University School of Law, April 1, 2010. 3 Poll Workers, Election Administration, and the Problem of Implicit Bias, University of Toledo College of Law, March 1, 2010. Redistricting and Discriminatory Purpose, Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, January 9, 2010. Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, Center for Inquiry, February 11, 2009. Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, Capital University Law School, January 23, 2009. Panelist, Identifying the Problems of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, University of Maryland School of Law, October 16, 2008. Presenter and Participant, Washington University School of Law Regional Junior Faculty Workshop, October 3, 2008. Moderator, Panel on Current Topics in Election Law, Norman Amaker Public Interest and Social Justice Retreat, February 23, 2008. Moderator, The Indiana Voter ID Law and the Supreme Court: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, American Constitution Society, January 17, 2008. Crawford v. Marion County Election Board: A Preview and Some Thoughts, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 15, 2007. The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, University of Illinois College of Law, November 13, 2007. Defining “Partisan” Law Enforcement, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, August 4, 2007. Panelist, Voter Representation, Stanford Law School, April 7, 2007. Latinos & Partisanship, Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, March 29, 2007. The Future of the Voting Rights Act, Emory University School of Law, October 7, 2006. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off Just Yet, Drake University Law School, October 26, 2005. Why Congress Should Extend Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, University of Nebraska, April 18, 2005. 4 SERVICE Law School and University Service Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 2014-15 Executive Committee, Elected Member, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2008-09 Appointments Committee, Chair, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13 Appointments Committee, Member, 2010-11, 2008-09, 2006-07 U.S. News Rankings Task Force, Member, Summer 2013 Hiring Chair, Director of Student Recruitment, Spring 2014 Organized 2010 symposium on law of democracy for the Indiana Law Review Curriculum Committee, Member, 2007-08 Student Affairs Committee, Readmissions Subcommittee, 2011-12 Teaching Committee, Member, Spring 2010 Cale M. Holder Scholarship Committee, 2014, 2013, 2012 Colloquium Committee, Member, 2012-13 Student Recruitment Committee, Member, 2013-14 Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2013-present Subcommittee Member, 2013-14 Other Service Chair-Election, AALS Section on Election Law, 2014-15 Testimony Before the Indiana State Senate Spring 2011 Spring 2010 Spring 2009 Testimony Before the Indiana State House Spring 2009 Election Protection (Consortium of National Civil Rights Organizations), Local Legal Coordinating Committee Leader, November 2006 General Election 5 AWARDS Scholarship-Related John S. Grimes Fellow, 2011-12, 2009-10, 2008-09 Dean’s Fellow for Scholarly Excellence, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09, 2007-08 Teaching-Related Black Cane Award (Best Professor), 2013-14 and 2009-10 Red Cane Award (Best New Professor), 2008-09 and 2007-08 Trustee’s Teaching Award, 2010 Graduation Hooder (elected by graduating class), 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009 EDUCATION GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, J.D., magna cum laude, 1999 Honors: The Order of the Coif Senior Writing Fellow CALI Award for Constitutional Law I Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Contracts Activities: Associate Editor, The Georgetown Law Journal NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, B.S.J., 1993 Major: Journalism Activities: Senator, Associated Student Government Vice President, Shepard Residential College Assistant, Director of University Relations Reporter, Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader Video Assistant/Researcher, Chicago Bears 6 EXPERIENCE U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Washington, DC
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