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Sunday, January 5, 2003
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3:30-5:15 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research and Mass Communication Law
- E. Joan Blum, Boston College, and Chair, Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research
- Michael I. Meyerson, University of Baltimore, and Chair, Section on Mass Communication Law
- Amy Gajda, University of Illinois, Program Chair
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Delaware Suite A
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
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Op-Eds and Talking Heads: Legal
Commentary for a Lay Audience
Moderator:
Amy Gajda, University of Illinois
Speakers: - Ian Ayres, Yale Law School
- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of Southern California
- Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times, Washington, D.C.
- Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School
- Arthur R. Miller, Harvard Law School
- Peggy Robinson, Senior Producer for Legal Issues, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Arlington, Virginia
- Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News, Washington, D.C.
- Benjamin Wittes, Editorial Writer, The Washington Post,
Washington, D.C.
Increasingly, it seems, law professors see their roles not only as teacher and scholar, but also as public expert. They offer legal analysis on television, write opinion pieces for newspapers, and author books on legal topics and public controversies-much of it directed at a non-lawyer audience. This program will focus on two aspects of this trend. 1) In a primer for those interested in catching the wave, media-savvy law professors will share their expertise on being a public expert and journalists who regularly interview and publish law professors will offer their own analysis of the analysis. 2) The panel will critically examine whether law professors should be saying as much as they do for broadcast and in print.
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