“Left Out in the Cold? The Chilling of Speech, Association, and the Press in Post 9/11 America” American Civil Liberties Union & American University Law Review Symposium

September 20-21

8:00am - 7:00pm / 8:00am - 1:30pm

Panel discussions to include:

Members of Congress panel: Setting a positive legislative agenda for the First Amendment
Constitutional overview of post-9/11 barriers to free speech and a free press
Surveillance and its chilling effect on First Amendment rights
Censoring and prosecuting the press: The growing use of subpoenas and Reporters' Shield legislation
Ideological exclusion
Secrecy and barriers to open government
The role of whistleblowers to facilitate government accountability

Coming Soon: More information on panels, confirmed participants, and a call for papers to be published in Volume 57 of the American University Law Review.
If you have any Questions please contact lawrev-projects-editor@wcl.american.edu

Left Out in the Cold? The Chilling of Speech, Association, and the Press in Post-9/11 America Brochure

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FEE, includes: two lunches, two breakfasts, and two receptions, plus CD of program materials

Free for WCL students
AU WCL Faculty and Staff
$150 general registration
$75 for government, non-profit or academic
Additional $100 to the above fees if CLE Accreditation is required (8.5 credits over the 2 days).

To Register for this event please click the link below:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm

For more information on the program please Contact:
Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education
202.274.4075 - Phone
202.274.4079 - Fax

E-mail:
secle@wcl.american.edu

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