Joanna Shepherd on Judicial Elections

ICLE Nonresident Scholar Joanna Shepherd was cited in a story in The Journalist’s Resource about her research on the role of campaign finance in judicial elections. You can read the full piece here.

The groups and individuals funding candidates’ races can say a lot about the candidates themselves and can even influence decisions, Keith says. To learn more, Keith recommends the research of Michael Kang at Northwestern University and Joanna Shepherd at Emory University, collected in their 2023 book Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections.