2013
Founders
Celebration
THE FIRST AMENDMENT GOES TO SCHOOL:
25 YEARS OF Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Presented by the Program on Law and Government and the Marshall-Brennan
Constitutional Literacy Project and the Student Press Law Center
Monday, January 28, 2013
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603
Taking stock of 25 years of the impact of the Supreme Court’s Hazelwood decision on the tension
between student freedom of speech and press versus school authority over student expression.
Speakers will include:
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Frank Susman, Senior Trial Counsel, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP. Trial Counsel
for plaintiffs, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, and veteran Supreme Court
litigator
•
Edwin C. Darden, Founding Partner, the Practical Education Law Team. Former Senior
Staff Attorney, National School Boards Association
•
Lucy A. Dalglish, Dean, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, and
former executive director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
•
Frank D. LoMonte, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center
Registration is free but required – please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.
CLE Accreditation will be applied for - 2 credits: CLE Registration is $55
For further information, contact: Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education,
202.274.4075 or [email protected].