Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Democracy, Counsel
Ms. Torres-Spelliscy earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1997, specializing in Afro-American Studies. She earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2001. Before joining the Brennan Center she worked at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP. She is the author of Housing in the Heartland: An Examination of the Hollman v. Cisneros Consent Decree, 17 Nat'l Black L.J. 98-123 (2003), and most recently co-authored along with Ari Weisbard What Albany Could Learn from New York City: A Model of Meaningful Campaign Finance Reform in Action in 1 Albany Gov't L.R. 194 (2008).
Blog Posts
- Justices Should Know by Now—Money Is Not Speech (06/10/08)
- “Millionaires’ Amendment” Before the Court (04/21/08)
- Rezko Trial Highlights Need for Basic Campaign Finance Reform (03/24/08)
- Campaign Dollars for Prostitutes? (03/14/08)
- Bloomberg’s Public Financing Misstep (02/06/08)
- Attacks on Campaign Finance Transparency Continue (12/26/07)