Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tim Tebow Thanks Him

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

12:50 - 1:45 p.m.

Room W220

The New York Times reporter Alan Schwarz wrote over 100 articles about football's brain-trauma problem, ultimately leading to congressional hearings and a major policy shift by the NFL.

Learn how he condcucted his investigations, what he found, and more.

Lunch will be served. RSVP to plj@nyls.edu

PAST EVENTS

 Professor Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter

Thursday, March 3, 2011

12:45-1:50 p.m. 

Room W300

The Program in Law and Journalism, the American Constitutional Society, and the Legal Association for Women are honored to present: Linda Greenhouse, who covered the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times for nearly three decades.

Ms. Greenhouse, today a professor at Yale Law School, will discuss the future of the Supreme Court, predictions about how this year's cases will be decided, how the media affects the Court's decisions, and the state of reproductive rights in today's Court.

 Professor Doni Gewirtzman will moderate. 

Piper Kerman: Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

Large turnout for Piper Kerman's discussion of her book "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman's Prison." Professor Doni Gewirtzman interviewed Piper. As you see, they were solemn at times, but there were some lighter moments, too.

Thursday, November 11, 2010 in Room W400

The Program in Law and Journalism is proud to present Piper Kerman, in a conversation with Professor Doni Gewirtzman, about Ms. Kerman's riveting memoir, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (Spiegel & Grau, 2010). 

With support from the Legal Association of Women

Lynn Oberlander: General Counsel of The New Yorker

October 18th, 2010

 (left to right) Jethro K. Lieberman,Vice President, Academic Publishing;  Lynn Oberlander, General Counsel for The New Yorker, and Michelle Zierler, Director of the Program in Law and Journalism.  

 Back to the Future: The First Guanatanmo Detention Camp

Thursday, April 22, 5:45 PM in Room A600

A decade before the Bush Administration's War on Terror, the United States used Guantanamo as a detention facility for innocent refugees. Their only crime: they were HIV-positive. In a landmark human rights case, public interest lawyers and law students took the federal government to court to free these refugees. At this event, Judge Sterling Johnson Jr., who decided the case, and Assistant United States Attorney Scott Dunn, who helped represent the government, discussed the litigation with moderator, Professor Brandt Goldstein, whose book Storming the Court chronicles the suit.

The Media and Criminal Law: Fact, Fiction, and Reality TV

March 12, 2010

Our country has a rich tradition of incorporating the criminal law into fictional stories that reflect and challenge our values. But with the rise of reality television, the lines between fact, fiction, and entertainment are thinner than ever. As Hollywood writers produce legal dramas, media professionals spin legal news stories, and reality TV crews capture law breaking in progress, is their work affecting public perceptions of the justice system? Does their work affect the justice system itself?

The symposium, convened by the NYLS Program in Law and Journalism, featured a keynote address by Howard Gordon, Executive Producer and writer for Fox's "24," and brought together panelists to share their thoughts on popular culture's portrayal of, and influence on the criminal law.

 New York Law School Magazine covered the event in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue. Read the article here.

A Conversation with Elizabeth Wurtzel

October 29, 2009

The Program in Law and Journalism was proud to present Elizabeth Wurtzel in a conversation with Professor Brandt Goldstein, on writing, the legal profession, and more.

Wurtzel, the bestselling author of Prozac Nation, Bitch, and more, graduated from law School in 2008…and at this event, gave the legal profession a piece of her mind.

Social Media for Lawyers I and II

October 8, 2009 and October 14, 2009

Social media has become a part of the legal landscape. An understanding of Twitter, Face Book, Linkedin and blogs have become critical for understanding clients and their issues as well as emerging as a potent form of marketing and valuable research tools. These sessions offered a unique and highly targeted look at social media. A panel of legal experts who have become leaders in the social media arena offered hands on sessions and led sessions on the inherent risks, limitations and potential vulnerabilities and liabilities of these social media tools.

Read one attendee's excellent recap at Legal Beat.

 The Only Fly in the Buttermilk

March 23, 2009

The Program in Law and Journalism was proud to host Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., the Eastern District of New York's only African-American judge. In addition to this distinction, Judge Johnson's pre-judicial career included stints as a police officer, a marine, a top DEA official, and a prosecutor in the case against New York gangster, Frank Lucas. Judge Sterling spoke with New York Law School professor Brandt Goldstein.

 Libel Tourism

March 19, 2009

The Program in Law and Journalism hosted hero in the first amendment battlefield, Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld. Dr. Ehrenfeld spoke with New York Law School professor Cameron Stracher regarding the dangerous trend of "libel tourism."

 Kidnapped. Blindfolded. Held at gunpoint.

October 27, 2008

On October 27, 2008, The Program in Law and Journalism hosted Stanley Alpert, author of The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival. Mr. Alpert’s discussion was about how his experience as a litigator helped him to survive and ultimately, to see that justice was done, when faced with a life threatening altercation.

Read one student's account of Mr. Alpert's visit.

War of Words: Rhetoric and Reality in the Race for the White House

October 16, 2008

With the 2008 presidential election around the corner, John Pollack, who served as speechwriter and Special Assistant to to the President for President Bill Clinton, shared his insights about how the candidates, and even US Presidents, come to say what they do. A fascinating talk with John Pollack, hosted by our own Brandt Goldstein.