Election Law @ Moritz

Steven F. Huefner

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Education

  • A.B., Harvard College, Philosophy and Government, 1986 (magna cum laude)
  • J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1991

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Steven F. Huefner

Professor of Law; Director of Clinical Programs; Legislation Clinic Director; Senior Fellow, Election Law @ Moritz

Steven F. Huefner

Phone: (614) 292-1763
Email huefner.4@osu.edu
Office: Drinko 255R

Steven F. Huefner, Election Law @ Moritz Senior Fellow, Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, and Director of the Moritz Legislation Clinic, has wide-ranging election law experience and interests, including the specific areas of contested elections, term limits in state legislative elections, legislative redistricting, and poll worker responsibility and training.

Prior to joining the faculty at Moritz, Professor Huefner spent five years in the U.S. Senate’s Office of Legal Counsel, where his responsibilities included advising the U.S. Senate in matters of contested Senate elections, as well as assisting in the 1999 presidential impeachment trial.

Since arriving at Moritz, Professor Huefner has put his experience to use in teaching Legislation and directing the Legislation Clinic. As Director of the Legislation Clinic, Professor Huefner has studied many aspects of Ohio’s electoral processes, including campaign finance law, lobbying regulation, other campaign practices, legislative term limits, and the initiative and referendum processes of direct democracy.

Professor Huefner’s previous election law scholarship includes: “Term Limits in State Legislative Elections: Less Value For More Money?” (Indiana Law Journal), and “Remedying Election Wrongs” (Harvard Journal on Legislation).