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Media Coverage & Criminal Cases

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How the Media Covers High Profile Criminal Cases: Do the Facts Really Matter?

William J. Fitzpatrick
District Attorney, Onondaga County

Wednesday, February 18

4:00 p.m.

Syracuse University College of Law

Dineen Hall, Sonkin Seminar Room 342

Mr. Fitzpatrick has served as Onondaga County District Attorney since 1992, and has been a member of the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office for more than 30 years, with involvement in a variety of cases that have covered every facet of the law. Mr. Fitzpatrick’s work has gained national notoriety, including the 1992 conviction of Waneta Hoyt, which led to increasing awareness in the medical and legal communities about infant homicide and SIDS prevention, and recently, the conviction of “Black Widow” killer Stacy Castor.

Mr. Fitzpatrick’s lecture is sponsored by the interdisciplinary Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media, and the Tully Center for Free Speech.

 

The Right of Publicity

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“Squaring the Right of Publicity with the First Amendment”
Paul M. Smith, Partner, Jenner & Block
 
Wednesday, January 28, 4:00 p.m.
Syracuse University College of Law

Dineen Hall, Sonkin Seminar Room 342

Mr. Smith has had an active Supreme Court practice for three decades, including oral arguments in 15 cases involving matters ranging from free speech and civil rights to civil procedure.  Among his important victories have been Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark gay rights case, and Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n, establishing the First Amendment rights of those who produce and sell video games.  Mr. Smith is Chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Practice and Co-Chair of the Media and First Amendment, and Election Law and Redistricting Practices at Jenner & Block.

Mr. Smith’s lecture is sponsored by the interdisciplinary Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media; the Tully Center for Free Speech; and the Kissel Fund for Civil Liberties.

For a poster of the Smith lecture, click HERE.