State Oversight Academy event conducted online

The Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy will present the State Oversight Academy Symposium 2025 titled “Legislators and Academics in Collaboration?” online Thursday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. via Zoom.

Like previous symposia, scholars were asked to submit working papers on state legislative oversight and related topics to be read and reviewed by practitioners. There will be a roundtable discussion focused on overcoming barriers and leveraging opportunities for collaboration between scholars and practitioners.

The keynote speakers will be David Orentlicher, Nevada State assemblymember, professor of law at University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law; and Megan Rickman Blackwood, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The 2025 Oversight Leader will also be recognized at the symposium. The SOA Oversight Leaders designation recognizes individual state legislators and committees whose work contributes to the practice of high-quality oversight and stands as an example for others to follow.

To register for the online symposium, visit https://levin-center.org/state-oversight-academy/soa-symposium-2025.