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Creators vs Consumers: The Rhetoric, Reality, and Reformation of Intellectual Property Law and Policy

October 26, 2007

The goal of the “Creators vs. Consumers” conference was to bring IP scholars into conversation with prominent figures from the bench, bar, industry, advocacy groups, and the media — all of whom grapple with IP issues in the course of their professional work.

In addition to a keynote address...Read More »


Supreme Makeover: Inventing a New Model of Judicial Openness on the High Court?

September 18, 2007

Although the Supreme Court has shown some signs of becoming a more media friendly institution, the justices still strongly resist the introduction of television cameras into their court. At the same time, many of the justices seem more willing than ever to grant television interviews and make media...Read More »


Are Federal Judges Political? Views from the Academy, the Bench, and the Press

March 27, 2007

Although the United States Supreme Court attracts the lion’s share of public attention and political criticism, the fact is that only a tiny fraction of federal cases make it onto the high court’s docket each year. On a large number of pressing disputes, it is the lower federal...Read More »


Jail for Journalists: Freedom of the Press, Confidential Sources, and the Demands of Criminal Justice

March 5, 2007

In December 2004, television journalist Jim Taricani was sentenced to six months home confinement for refusing to divulge his sources to prosecutors heading up the “Plunderdome” corruption probe in Rhode Island.

Jim Taricani, Investigative Reporter for WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, joined us to debate Dan French, former United...Read More »


The Media's Effect on Judicial Independence: A Kaleidoscopic View

February 6, 2007

Once the youngest member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Penny White lost her seat in one of the most bitterly contested retention elections in state history — an election that turned on White’s participation in a Supreme Court decision overturning a death sentence.  White, now Interim Director of...Read More »


"The Last Umpires? The News Media, the ABA and Other Independent Voices in the Federal Judicial Confirmation Process"

Can there really be “independent voices” in a judicial appointments process that is shot through with partisan considerations? If so, what is the role of such voices? Has this role changed over time? Are there any nonpartisan actors that ought to be given greater participation in the confirmation of federal...Read More »


"Lacrosse Justice: Gender, Race, and Fairness in the Duke Lacrosse Legal Saga"

Did politics and publicity railroad the Duke lacrosse defendants? Or were their accusers treated unfairly? In America, who fares better when a criminal trial becomes a media circus?

This special Constitution Day event featured Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Supreme Court Reporter, Slate.com. The panel discussion was moderated by Mark...Read More »


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