Board of Directors

Kirk Jowers
Director of Academic Affairs and Deputy General Counsel

Kirk Jowers is a Member of the D.C. law firm Caplin & Drysdale in the political activity practice. For the past several years, Mr. Jowers has worked exclusively in the campaign finance, election law and government ethics arena.

Mr. Jowers has served as the Deputy General Counsel for the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and as General Counsel of the Washington, D.C. Republican Party. Mr. Jowers advised more than 25 congressional candidates in the 2002 general elections. He also provided legal counsel to George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign on Electoral College issues and in Broward County, Florida during the 2000 election recount controversy. In addition, Mr. Jowers has served in various other public service capacities, including with the Department of Justice, the Salt Lake County Commissioners Office, and U.S. Representative James V. Hansen.

Mr. Jowers is a frequent lecturer on campaign finance laws, government ethics requirements, and lobbying disclosure. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, where he co-teaches a course on the U.S. Presidency. He is the author of several publications, including: Upholding the Law: The Role of the Courts in Election Law, Catholic University Law School, Fall 2002; Issue and Express Advocacy, Brookings Institution, July 2002; Federal Election Law and the Internet, Brookings Institution, May 2002; and Election Law and the Internet, The Civic Web (Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003) . He currently is the Assistant Editor of the Brookings Institution's Campaign Finance web site. He served as the Assistant Editor of Political Activity, Lobbying Laws and Gift Rules Guide (Glasser Legal Works, 1999).

Mr. Jowers is a former law clerk to The Honorable Stephen H. Anderson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, and to The Honorable Dee V. Benson, U.S. District Court, District of Utah. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School cum laude, where he was Associate Editor of the International Law Journal, and of the University of Utah, magna cum laude.