Legal Communicators Media Conference 2018
Tue, 12 June, 2018
8:30am
Registration for the LCMC has reached capacity. To be put on a wait list please contact Elizabeth Field at [email protected].
Join us for conversations about legal education, higher education, pitching legal experts, the courts, authoring opinion pieces and getting them published with some of the best in the business. This specialized conference is designed by a law school communicator specifically for law school communication and PR professionals and leaders.
Panelists*
- Ari Melber, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent and Host of "The Beat with Ari Melber"
- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
- Vivia Chen, Creator and Chief Blogger, The Careerist; Senior Columnist, The American Lawyer
- Jack Crittenden, President and Editor-in-Chief, The National Jurist
- Cristian Farias, Legal Columnist, New York Magazine
- Alison Frankel, Legal Columnist, Thomson Reuters
- Jacob Gershman, Legal Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- Anne Glusker, Deputy Editor, Forbes Leadership Channel
- Lisa Helem, Editor-in-Chief, The National Law Journal
- Dominic Holden, Political Reporter, BuzzFeed News
- Leigh Jones, Editor-in-Chief, Law.com
- Matthew Kobach, Manager, Digital and Social Media, Intercontinental Exchange (New York Stock Exchange)
- David Lat, Editor-at-Large and Founding Editor, Above the Law
- Sam Levine, Voting Rights Reporter, HuffPost
- Karen Sloan, Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer, The National Law Journal and Law.com
- Mark Joseph Stern, Legal Writer, Slate
- Kellye Testy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Law School Admission Council
- Bob Van Voris, Legal Reporter, Bloomberg News
- Jesse Wegman, Editorial Board (Supreme Court and Legal Affairs), The New York Times
Tentative Agenda*
Tuesday, June 12
8 am: Registration and breakfast
9:30 am: Welcome
9:45 - 10:30 am: Keynote Speaker
- Ari Melber, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent and Host of “The Beat with Ari Melber”
11 am - 12:15 pm: Panel 1
- Vivia Chen, Creator and Chief Blogger, The Careerist; Senior Columnist, The American Lawyer
- Cristian Farias, Legal Columnist, New York Magazine
- Jacob Gershman, Legal Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
12:15 - 1 pm: A Conversation on Admissions and Testing
- Kellye Testy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Law School Admission Council
1 - 1:45 pm: Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 pm: A Q&A on How to Consistently Create Engaging Content
- Matthew Kobach, Manager, Digital and Social Media, Intercontinental Exchange (New York Stock Exchange)
2:45 - 4 pm: Panel 2
- Sam Levine, Voting Rights Reporter, HuffPost
- Karen Sloan, Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer, The National Law Journal and Law.com
- Mark Joseph Stern, Legal Writer, Slate
4 – 5 pm: Panel 3 | I'm a Dean, Ask Me Anything
Moderator
- Rebekah E. Carmichael, Assistant Dean for Communications, New York University School of Law
Panelists
- Blake D. Morant, Dean, GW Law
- Trevor Morrison, Dean, New York University School of Law
- Maureen O’Rourke, Dean, Boston University School of Law
- Wendy Collins Perdue, Dean, University of Richmond School of Law
5 - 6 pm: Cocktails at The Union League Club
Wednesday, June 13
8 am: Breakfast
9 - 9:45 am: Keynote Speaker
- Jesse Wegman, Editorial Board (Supreme Court and Legal Affairs), The New York Times
10 - 11:15 am: Panel 4
- Jack Crittenden, President and Editor-in-Chief, The National Jurist
- Lisa Helem, Editor-in-Chief, The National Law Journal
- David Lat, Editor-at-Large and Founding Editor, Above the Law
11:30 am - 1 pm: Panel 5
- Alison Frankel, Legal Columnist, Thomson Reuters
- Dominic Holden, Political Reporter, BuzzFeed News
- Leigh Jones, Editor-in-Chief, Law.com
1 - 2 pm: Lunch
2 - 3:30 pm: Panel 6
- Anne Glusker, Deputy Editor, Forbes Leadership Channel
- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
- Bob Van Voris, Legal Reporter, Bloomberg News
3:30 pm: Conference Concludes
The conference is held over two days and consists of media panels with 3 to 4 journalists each. Past panels have included journalists from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, U.S. News & World Report, The ABA Journal, "Above the Law", NPR, NPR Marketplace, and many others. The discussion panels follow a question and answer format followed by one-on-one meetings with attendees. The LCMC also features, a "best practices" panel on current communications issues specifically geared toward legal communicators, opportunities to interact with faculty and deans, and an evening cocktail reception.
*Participant list and agenda subject to change.