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IJPM News
A collection of past IJPM News.
"Bush's Law" author spoke at IJPM event on April 21.
Eric Lichtblau discussed his newly published book, "Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice" (Pantheon), which includes new details on the pressure brought by the Bush administration against The New York Times to prevent the publication of Lichtblau's Pulitzer Prize-winning revelations exposing secret surveillance programs in the war on terror.
IJPM Announces 2008-2009 Research Fellows
The eight recipients are composed of faculty and students from across Syracuse University.
Mark Obbie's Law Beat named to ABA Journal's Blawg 100

"The director of Syracuse University’s legal reporting program finds endless examples of shortcomings in the mainstream media’s coverage of high-profile court cases and other legal topics." - ABA Journal (December 2007 Issue).  Click here to view the Syracuse University Newsmaker Article on Law Beat.

IJPM Director participates in panel discussion on the rule of law in Pakistan.
Keith Bybee, Director of IJPM, was a guest speaker for "Taking it to the Streets:  A Panel Discussion of Protest, Politics, and Lawyers in Pakistan."  Click the above link to view a video of this event.   
IJPM Associate Director named chair of University Committee on Copyright.
Lisa Dolak, IJPM Associate Director, has been tasked with leading a new program at Syracuse University designed to address matters of copyright compliance and intellectual property protection.   
IJPM Associate Director subject of Faculty Focus
Mark Obbie, IJPM Associate Director, is the subject of a recent Faculty Focus article at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. 
IJPM now seeking Research Fellowship applications.
Applications will be accepted until Monday, December 3, 2007.  Fellowship recipients will be announed on January 25, 2008.

First IJPM Research Fellows Colloquium 10/18.

The Colloquium will be held 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 18 in the Heritage Alumni Lounge in the College of Law. RSVP Required.
Former U.S. Ambassador to participate in October 11th Interchanges Event
Ms. Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel will join graduate students and University alumni for a discussion of human rights violations and the media coverage that they attract in the U.S. and abroad. 
"Creators vs. Consumers"
Click here to see more conference details and register for the event.
*Registration is required
Bench Press now available.

Bench Press: The Collision of Courts, Politics, and the Media is now available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers.

"Supreme Makeover: Inventing a New Model of Judicial Openness on the High Court?"
September 18th Symposium examines relationship between Court tradition, modern-day news coverage, and public image-making.
"Are Federal Judges Political? Views from the Academy, the Bench, and the Press"
March 27th symposium examines the politics of federal court appointments and decisions
"Jail for Journalists:  Freedom of the Press, Confidential Sources, and the Demands of Criminal Justice"
March Symposium examines issues of freedom of the press and its limits
IJPM Director to Edit New Book Series at Stanford University Press 
Law, Politics, and the Media Series to be the first of its kind in the country
IJPM Announces Inaugural Class of Research Fellows
Nine awards given out across Syracuse University
IJPM Profiled
Maxwell Perspective
"The Media's Effect on Judicial Independence: A Kaleidoscopic View"
February 6, 2007
Proposals for IJPM Research Fellowships accepted starting November 1, 2006 and ending December 1, 2006
IJPM Associate Director launches LAWBEAT, a legal journalism blog
IJPM Director comments on the media's role in selecting impartial judges
CBS News Online
Archived webcasts of IJPM fall 2006 events now available
"The Last Umpires? The News Media, the ABA and Other Independent Voices in the Federal Judicial Confirmation Process"
Syracuse Launches Institute Devoted to Law, Media & Politics
The Wall Street Journal Online
"Lacrosse Justice: Gender, Race, and Fairness in the Duke Lacrosse Legal Saga"
What's Happening at IJPM?
IJPM video debuted.

Click the link above to view a short informational video about the Institute.

Videos of 2008 Law, Politics, and the Media Lecture Series now available.
Click the link above to view all seven of the lectures from the inaugural semester of this IJPM lecture series.
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