Rebecca Green
Associate Professor of Law
Co-Director, Election Law Program
William & Mary School of Law
Rebecca Green is an Associate Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School where she teaches courses in Election Law, Redistricting & GIS, Privacy Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Professor Green co-directs the Election Law Program, a joint project of the Law School and the National Center for State Courts that provides resources for judges on election law topics. In 2013, Professor Green co-founded Revive My Vote to assist Virginians with prior felony convictions regain the right to vote. In 2018, Professor Green joined the National Task Force on Election Crises, a cross-partisan group convened to prevent and mitigate a range of election crises. In 2020, Green helped students co-found the Alliance of Students at the Polls (ASAP), a group mobilizing a national network of law students to work towards greater participation in and public confidence in U.S. election administration.
Professor Green’s research interests focus on the intersection of privacy law and elections, most recently in scholarship on Election Observation, Election Surveillance, and Redistricting Transparency.
Professor Green earned her B.A. in Political Science from Connecticut College, an MA in Chinese Legal History from Harvard University, and is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.
The class of 2016 selected Professor Green to receive the Walter Williams Jr. Memorial Teaching Award awarded annually to one professor by the graduating class. Since January 2021, Professor Green has served as one of three University Ombuds at the College of William & Mary assisting faculty and staff with workplace conflict resolution.