FIRE is pleased to announce that registration is now open for Carolina Academic Press, this symposium will bring together some of the best and brightest free speech scholars and practitioners to celebrate 100 years since “the first Supreme Court cases to give serious consideration to free speech” and 50 years since the landmark case of Brandenburg v. Ohio. Split into four panels, participants will consider the history of incitement cases, their relevance today in a world of social media and terrorism anxiety, and their enduring importance.
FIRE supporters may notice some familiar participants including former president of the ACLU and guest on FIRE’s So to Speak Podcast, Nadine Strossen; professor and author Ronald K. L. Collins, whose “First Amendment News” is now hosted on FIRE’s website; and noted First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams — just to name a few.
A full list of participants (alphabetical):
Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Jonathan Askin, Brooklyn Law School
Ronald K. L. Collins, History Book Festival; Former Harold S. Shefelman Scholar, University of Washington School of Law
Leslie Gielow Jacobs, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Joel M. Gora, Brooklyn Law School
David S. Han, Pepperdine University School of Law
Thomas Healy, Seton Hall University School of Law
Leslie Kendrick, University of Virginia School of Law
Heidi Kitrosser, University of Minnesota Law School
Genevieve Lakier, University of Chicago Law School
Nadine Strossen, New York Law School; former president, ACLU
Emerson J. Sykes, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Christina E. Wells, University of Missouri School of Law
The symposium will take place Friday, April 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Subotnick Center at Brooklyn Law School.
For more information and to register for the symposium, click
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