Senior Counsel | Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (counsel 2012 - 2016, senior counsel 2017 - present). Engage in multifaceted policy advocacy regarding the influence of money in politics and voting rights. Author reports, litigate, engage in legislative and administrative advocacy, represent organization in media appearances, create content, coordinate with coalition partners.
Legal Fellow | Center for Reproductive Rights (2010 - 2012). Participated in litigation and other forms of advocacy to protect access to reproductive health care in the United States.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellow | Vera Institute for Justice (2009 - 2010). Advised general counsel and supported organization with legal compliance, substantive research, and programmatic work.
Law Clerk | United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Honorable Frederic Block, Senior District Judge (2008 - 2009).
New York University School of Law | J.D. cum laude (2008)
Indiana University | M.A. in philosophy (2005)
New College of Florida | B.A. in philosophy (2001)
Ian Vandewalker, Correcting a Supreme Mistake, U.S. News & World Report (Mar. 20, 2017).
Ian Vandewalker, Silent Scandal of Big Money in Politics, U.S. News & World Report (Feb. 22, 2017).
Ian Vandewalker & Lawrence Norden, Small Donors Still Aren't as Important as Wealthy Ones, The Atlantic (Oct. 18, 2016).
Ian Vandewalker, Wealthy Shadow Campaigns Will Fund 2016 Election, Newsday (Aug. 7, 2015).
Ian Vandewalker, The Consequences of 'Citizens United,' MSNBC (Jan. 20, 2014).
Daniel I. Weiner & Ian Vandewalker, Brennan Center for Justice, Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Reform (2015).
Ian Vandewalker, Brennan Center for Justice, Shadow Campaigns: The Shift in Presidential Campaign Funding to Outside Groups (2015).
Ian Vandewalker & Keith G. Bentele, Vulnerability in Numbers: Racial Composition of the Electorate, Voter Suppression, and the Voting Rights Act, 18 Harvard Latino Law Review 99 (2015).
Ian Vandewalker, Abortion and Informed Consent: How Biased Counseling Laws Mandate Violations of Medical Ethics, 19 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 1 (2012).
Ian Vandewalker, Of Permission Slips and Homophobia: Parental Consent Policies for School Club Participation Aimed at Gay-Positive Student Groups, 19 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 23 (2009).
NBC New York (Sept. 13, 2016).
Bob Hebert's Op-Ed.TV, CUNY Television (Feb. 4, 2015).
City Talk, CUNY Television (Nov. 26, 2014).
The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC (Aug. 11, 2014).
All Things Considered, NPR (May 19, 2014).