Law, Politics, and the Media Lecture Series

Time: Wednesday, April 13^th at 4:00 PM

Location: Dineen Hall, Feinberg Lecture Hall – Room 360

Law & Pop Culture 

Speaker: Robert Thompson

Dubbed the “pop culture ambassador” by the Associated Press, Robert Thompson has contributed to hundreds of radio and TV programs and publications.

He is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Co-sponsored by The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, and The Tully Center for Free Speech

Law, Politics, and the Media Lecture Series

Time: Wednesday, April 6th at 4:00 PM

Location: Dineen Hall, Feinberg Lecture Hall – Room 360

 At the Intersection of Journalism and Law: How a Reporter Covers Judges, Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, and Civil Litigators

Speaker: Ken Armstrong

Armstrong is a 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winner in investigative reporting. He is currently a staff reporter for The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering America’s criminal justice system.

Co-sponsored by The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the

Media, The Tully Center for Free Speech, and The Kissel Fund for Civil

Law, Politics, and the Media Lecture Series

Time: Wednesday, March 30^th at 4:00 PM

Location: Dineen Hall, Feinberg Lecture Hall – Room 360

Combating Foreign Fighter & Terrorist Travel

 Congressman John M. Katko ‘88

Congressman John M. Katko was elected to represent the 24th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2014. He currently serves on the House Homeland Security Committee as the Chair of the Transportation Security subcommittee.

Prior to his Congressional service, he was a federal prosecutor for twenty years.