Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor of the Arizona Supreme Court took time to visit the Syracuse University campus for a lunch discussion with IJPM and a number of students from the College of Law.

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.

“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.

Mark Obbie, IJPM Associate Director, is the subject of a recent Faculty Focus article at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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.

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.

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.

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.