Virtual - Fair Trial/Free Press Conference - Spring 2024
Fair Trial/Free Press Conference:
Social Media, Gag Orders, and Freedom of the Press
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
LOCATION CHANGE: Zoom
2.0 Professional Practice CLE credits available.
A HYPOTHETICAL EXPLORATION OF ISSUES INVOLVING THE MEDIA,
LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWYERS, AND THE COURTS,
WITH AN EXPERIENCED PANEL AND THE AUDIENCE.
Founded in 1969, the New York Fair Trial/Free Press Conference brings together members of the press and the criminal legal system to promote understanding and to assure both the right to a fair trial and the protection of a free press. The conference combines a discussion of a hypothetical scenario with an overview of media law and constitutional law. Click to download the hypothetical for this program.
Hear from a distinguished panel of judges, journalists, lawyers, and law enforcement officials as they explore the legal, political, and ethical issues that arise during a fictional scenario involving a gubernatorial candidate facing financial fraud charges, controversial social media posts, gag orders, anonymous juries, and restrictions on press access to the courts. Panelists will discuss the interplay of the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial and First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press to attend and report on trials.
This free event is open to the public and will take place remotely on Zoom. Registration is required.
Panelists
Hon. Darcel Clark
Bronx County District Attorney
Former Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department
Hon. John P. Cronan
District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Nicholas A. Gravante Jr., Esq.
Partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Michael Gerber, Esq.
Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters, New York City Police Department
Dana Green, Esq.
Senior Counsel, The New York Times Company
Joseph F. Kroetsch, Esq.
Partner and Media & First Amendment Practice Leader at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Tandy Lau
Public Safety Reporter, New York Amsterdam News
Nicholas Lemann
Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism
Director, Columbia Global Reports
Dean Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School
Martina Stewart, J.D.
Team Lead on Legal Intelligence, Bloomberg Law
Moderators
Hon. Albert Rosenblatt (ret.)
Former Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
Counsel at McCabe & Mack LLP
Judicial Fellow at the New York University School of Law
Rex Smith
Former Editor at the Albany Times Union
Co-host of The Media Project on WAMC
CLE Information
Albany Law School’s Center for Continuing Legal Education has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York. This program has been accredited as a source of continuing legal education credits for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys in New York State (2.0 Professional Practice credits). For financial hardship guidelines, please call the Center for Continuing Legal Education at (518) 472-5888.
ACCOMMODATION
We welcome requests for accommodation due to a disability. Please contact Albany Law School’s Center for Continuing Legal Education at (518) 472-5888 at least a week prior to the course to discuss your requirements.
NOTE
New York State Continuing Legal Education Board regulations state that credit shall be awarded only for attendance at an entire course or program, or for attendance at an entire session of a course or program. No credit shall be awarded for attending a portion of a course or a portion of a session.
Sponsors
Government Law Center at Albany Law School
The Government Law Center at Albany Law School, founded in 1978, provides nonpartisan legal research and analysis that federal, state, and local governments need to better serve their communities. The Government Law Center brings together a diverse and inclusive group of lawyers, students, scholars, and community partners, while informing nationwide conversations on government, and preparing students for careers as skilled and leading attorneys in public service. To learn more, visit albanylaw.edu/glc.
Columbia Journalism School
For 112 years, the Columbia Journalism School has been preparing journalists in programs that stress academic rigor, ethics, journalistic inquiry and professional practice. Founded with a gift from Joseph Pulitzer, the school opened in 1912 and offers Master of Science and Master of Arts degrees, as well as a Master of Science in Data Journalism, a joint Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Journalism, The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism and a Doctor of Philosophy in Communications. It is home to the Columbia Journalism Review, and several world-class research centers, including the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, The Tow Center for Digital Journalism, The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights, The Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. The school also administers many of the leading journalism awards, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, the John Chancellor Award, the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, the Mike Berger Awards and the WERT Prize for Women Business Journalists.
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