Jessica Levinson is a Professor of Law at Loyola Law School and Director of Political Reform at the Center for Governmental Studies. Before moderating a panel on the effects that redistricting will have on California, she took questions in our Green Room.

Q. What was the last great book you read?
A. I just re-read To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.

Q. If you had a different profession in another life, what would it be?
A. Photographer.

Q. What is the best advice you ever received?
A. The worst thing someone can say is no.

Q. What time do you start working in the morning?
A. About 5:45.

Q. How long can you go without checking your email?
A. About 55 seconds.

Q. What is your dessert of choice?
A. Sorbet, because I’m allergic to everything else.

Q. What is your guilty pleasure?
A. Bravo. Any reality show.

Q. What would we find you doing at 10 am on a typical Saturday?
A. Probably sitting behind my computer.

Q. What would you do with a million extra dollars?
A. It’s so boring, but I would probably just put it into the bank and invest it.

Q. What is the last song that got stuck in your head?
A. Adele. I don’t remember the name of the song.

Read more about the panel Levinson moderated.

*Photo by Aaron Salcido.