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The Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology will gather law professors, educators and legal practitioners to discuss "Cyberbullying from Classroom to Courtroom: Contemporary Approaches to Protecting Children in a Digital Age" on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Albany Law School.
The program will also be available via live streaming starting at 1:00 p.m.
Panelists to date include:
- Doug Abrams, Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri
- Jonathan Bruno, Partner, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP
- Scott Camassar, The Law Firm of Steven M. Reck LLC
- Gregg Johnson ’92, Lemire Johnson LLC
- Lawrence Paska, NYSED Coordinator, Office of Educational Design and Technology
- Britton Schnurr, New York School Psychologist
- Berin Szoka, Founder, TechFreedom
- Kimberly Wilkins, Principal, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, City School District of Albany
The panelists will be divided into two panels, both moderated by Albany Law School Professor Robert Heverly '92. The first will focus on the legal aspects of cyberbullying, including issues of free speech and potential suits arising from cyberbullying. The second panel will focus on how cyberbullying directly affects educators in the classroom, as well as what they are doing to protect students.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cyberbullying
in the Courtroom: Law, Litigation, and the First Amendment
With Doug Abrams; Jonathan Bruno; Scott Camassar; and
Gregg Johnson ’92
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cyberbullying
in the Classroom: Educators, Policy, and Protecting
Students
With Lawrence Paska; Britton Schnurr; Berin
Szoka; and Kimberly Wilkins
"Cyberbullying from Classroom to Courtroom” is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the second panel. For more information, contact 518-472-5855 or cbracikowski@albanylaw.edu.
Since its launch in 1990, the Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology has developed into a nationally ranked student-edited law journal that focuses on the intersection of law with technology. The extensive annual legal periodical survey conducted by Washington & Lee Law School consistently ranks the journal among the top 10 science and technology law journals in the country in categories such as impact, total number of citations by other journals, currency and frequency of citations by cases.
