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James Sample
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Associate Professor of Law
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B.A., Boston College
J.D., Columbia University School of Law |
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Courses
Biography
Before joining the Hofstra Law faculty in 2009, Professor Sample served as an attorney in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law since 2005. Before joining the Center, he worked on Brian Schweitzer’s gubernatorial campaign in Montana and clerked for Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.Professor Sample received his JD from Columbia Law School in 2003. While at Columbia, Professor Sample was a Harlan Fiske Stone and James Kent Scholar and served as a Notes Editor on the Columbia Law Review. He has written several publications and legal briefs on the topic of judicial elections, campaign financing, and recusal."
Professor Sample regularly comments on voting rights and constitutional issues in leading media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Law Journal, Slate.com, and HuffingtonPost, as well as at national conferences.
Professor Sample’s article "Caperton: Correct Today, Compelling Tomorrow" will appear in the Syracuse Law Review's forthcoming symposium issue on the case of Caperton et al v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.