Throughout the year, the Law School hosts speakers and conferences with a focus on law and media.
October 7, 2008
"What Ever Happened to the Justice Department?"
Michael Isikoff, Newsweek; Drew Days, III, YLS; David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney, New Mexico
7:30 p.m., Room 127.
October 10-12, 2008
The Law and Media Program will co-sponsor a conference on The Constitution and Sexual/Reproductive Rights.
October 28, 2008
LAMP LUNCH SERIES "The Rise of Prior Restraint in Public Schools," Frank Lomonte, Jr., Executive Director, Student Press Law Center, Arlington, VA
Faculty Lounge, 12:10 p,m. Lunch will be served.
January 26, 2009
LAMP LUNCH SERIES Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
12:10 p.m. Lunch will be served. Location TBD.
Previously:
On October 6, 2008, Linda Greenhouse, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and former New York Times Supreme Court Reporter spoke about the Court and the trajectory of her career from Yale Law School. Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program.
On September 23, 2008, Anthony Lewis, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, discussed his most recent book, FREEDOM for the Thought We Hate, with Law and Media students.
On May 20-23, 2008 Yale University hosted the 18th annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference at the Omni Hotel in New Haven. The conference, subtitled "Technology Policy '08," was sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, AOL, and Google, in conjunction with the Yale Law School Information Society Project and the Law and Media Program. The conference included workshops and tutorials examining a wide range of topics related to the future of computing, privacy and freedom in the online world--from data mining, wiretapping, e-voting, and electronic medical records, to file sharing, open access, social networks, and online anonymity. A networking reception for journalists and other participants in the Law and Media program was also included.
On April 1, 2008 the Law and Media program hosted a panel discussion on the process of investigating, editing, vetting, and reporting high-profile stories. The panelists included: Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News; John Zucker, Senior Vice-President, Law & Regulation, ABC News; Jeff Leen, Investigations Editor, The Washington Post; and Eric Lieberman, Vice President and General Counsel, The Washington Post. Each panelist offered their views about the intersection between law and journalism, ethical and legal obligations, and the roles that attorneys and reporters play in reporting controversial news.
Read transcript of the panel.
Read news article about the panel.
View a photo gallery of the panel.
Other recent events included a Dean’s Program on the Profession lecture by Joel Hyatt ’76, the founder and CEO of Current TV. In addition, the entire Alumni Weekend 2007 was devoted to "21st Century Democracy: Elections, Media, and Politics," featuring panels on “The Next Generation of Law and Media” and “The Media Covering Elections: Heroes or Villains?”