GW LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM

"Access to the Media — 1967 to 2007 and Beyond:
A Symposium Honoring Jerome A. Barron's Path-Breaking Article"

MEDIA ADVISORY

Members of the media are welcome to attend

EVENT: 
The Access to the Media symposium will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Professor Jerome Barron’s seminal article in the Harvard Law Review calling for an affirmative First Amendment right to access the press. The Access to the Media Symposium will be held on Thursday-Friday, October 11-12, 2007. The symposium's four panels feature prominent scholars in fields of First Amendment, intellectual property, administrative, and comparative law. The panelists will seek to update the arguments made in Professor Barron’s article to the modern world with its proliferation of media and advent of the Internet.  
 
WHEN: 
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, 3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20, 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

WHERE: 
The George Washington University Law School
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room (L101)
Lerner Hall, 2000 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Blue and Orange lines)

RSVP: 
Members of the media are welcome to attend the following panel discussions. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Claire Duggan at (202) 994-0616 or cduggan@law.gwu.edu.

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA:

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Panel I: "Access and the Regulatory State" 3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, Lerner Hall			C. Thomas Dienes Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Moderator/Commentator Gregory P. Magarian Professor of Law Villanova University School of Law Principal Speaker C. Edwin Baker Nicholas F. Gallicchio Professor of Law and Professor of Communication University of Pennsylvania Law School Commentator Ellen P. Goodman Professor of Law Rutgers School of Law Commentator
Reception 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Kelly Lounge
Friday, October 12, 2007
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Kelly Lounge
Panel II: "Access and First Amendment Theory"
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, Lerner Hall			Jeffrey Rosen Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Moderator/Commentator Frederick Schauer Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Principal Speaker Jack M. Balkin Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Yale Law School Commentator Vincent A. Blasi Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties Columbia Law School; James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Commentator
Luncheon 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Michael K. Young Faculty Conference Center			Introduction Bradford R. Clark Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Introduction David Barron Professor of Law Harvard Law School Remarks Professor Jerome A. Barron Harold H. Greene Professor of Law and former Dean George Washington University Law School
Panel III: "Intellectual Property and Access for Ideas"
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, Lerner Hall			Dawn C. Nunziato Associate Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Moderator / Commentator Neil W. Netanel Professor of Law UCLA School of Law Principal Speaker Rebecca Tushnet Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Principal Speaker David Nimmer Professor from Practice UCLA School of Law Commentator
Panel IV: "Rights of Reply in Comparative Law"
3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, Lerner Hall			David Fontana Associate Professor of Law George Washington University Law School Moderator / Commentator Kyu Ho Youm Professor Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Principal Speaker Pnina Lahav Professor of Law Boston University School of Law Commentator Stephen A. Gardbaum Professor of Law UCLA School of Law Commentator
Reception 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. Kelly Lounge