Floyd Abrams, Noted First Amendment Attorney, to Speak on Civil Liberties and Terrorism at New York Law School

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

DATE: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
EVENT: The 2006 Otto Walter Lecture: Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism
TIME: 4:30–6:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Where do civil liberties stand in an age where terrorism is a real and constant threat? Does the protection of civil liberties hamper the war on terror? What needs to be done in the years ahead to maintain a balance between protecting national security and upholding civil liberties? Floyd Abrams, a well-known attorney specializing in freedom of speech and press issues, will discuss these and other questions during the 2006 Otto L. Walter Lecture at New York Law School.

Abrams, a partner at the firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, served as co-counsel for The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case and has argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia, Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., and CBS, Inc. v. FCC. He has defended journalists, including Judith Miller, who refused to reveal their confidential sources to federal investigators. Abrams is the author of Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment.
PRESENTED BY: New York Law School’s Center for International Law
LOCATION: Wellington Conference Center
New York Law School
47 Worth Street
New York, N.Y. 10013
(between Church Street and West Broadway)
DIRECTIONS: Via Subway: 1 to Franklin Street; 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street
CONTACT: Edith Sachs, Office of Public Affairs, New York Law School, 212.431.2187 or esachs@nyls.edu

ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL:

Founded in 1891, New York Law School is the second oldest independent law school in the United States. Drawing on its location near the centers of law, government, and finance in New York City, its faculty of noted and prolific scholars has built the school’s curricular strength in the areas of tax law, labor and employment law, civil and human rights law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and interdisciplinary fields such as legal history and legal ethics. New York Law School has more than 11,000 graduates and enrolls some 1500 students in its full- and part-time J.D. program. It is one of only two law schools in the metropolitan area to offer the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Tax Law.