About

The UCLA Voting Rights Project was founded in August 2018 by civil rights attorney Chad W. Dunn, J.D. and voting rights social science expert Matt Barreto, Ph.D. to address three significant and overlooked gaps in the voting rights field: training newly graduated, young lawyers and expert witnesses; developing new legal and social science theories for voting rights cases; and advancing voting rights through national and local public policy. 

The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) is an interdisciplinary academic research center aimed at ensuring that voting is equitable and accessible for all Americans. The UCLA VRP does this through three action areas: 

• Inter-disciplinary, hands-on clinical education with UCLA School of Law, the Luskin School of Public Policy and School of Social Sciences;
• Impact litigation and legal advocacy focused on creating representation and access to voting for underserved communities in town, city, school board, county and state elections;  
• Academic research on the issues of voting patterns, voter turnout, and language justice that can be directly translated into policy advocacy and policy implementation.