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National Experts Discuss First Amendment in a New Media Environment

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MEDIA ADVISORY

The recent dawn of technology and the subsequent rise of new media could not have been foreseen by the drafters of the First Amendment when they included freedom of speech and press as a fundamental right. However, with technology at society’s fingertips, the information that is now shared has blurred the lines between fact and fiction. Popular platforms, which millions of users log on to everyday, have drastically altered the way we communicate and share news. This year, the Poucher Lecture’s distinguished experts will discuss the implications of the first amendment in this new media environment.
“First Amendment in a New Media Environment” will be held Thursday, November 9, at 6:00 p.m. at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (Room 180), located at 309 Village Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Allen L. Poucher Legal Education Series was endowed by Betty K. Poucher, Elizabeth Poucher Reynolds, and Allen L. Poucher, Jr. in honor of Allen L. Poucher Senior. A humanitarian who lived a life dedicated to service, Allen L. Poucher Sr. graduated from UF Law in 1942 and practiced law for more than 60 years. The Poucher Legal Education Series seeks to provide a venue for prominent legal, political, and business leaders to discuss important issues facing our nation and world today. It has featured distinguished panelists such as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, five former Florida governors, a former CIA spy, a four-star general, and numerous legal scholars.
Distinguished Speakers
Mary Anne Franks, Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, is recognized as a leading thinker on the intersection between privacy, civil rights, technology, and constitutional law. Professor Franks is the Vice-President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating online abuse and discrimination.
Amy Gajda, a former journalist, is a professor at Tulane University Law School and is recognized internationally for her expertise in media law and privacy law. Professor Gajda is the author of The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press.
Gregg Thomas, an attorney at Thomas & LoCicero in Tampa, is one of the country’s leading media and First Amendment lawyers. Thomas has argued and won numerous high-profile cases on behalf of newspapers, television stations, movie producers, and other media entities.
Moderator
Jon Mills is Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law, and Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Professor Mills is a globally recognized expert in privacy and cyber security issues.
For more details or to submit a question to the panelists, please visit the Florida Law Review’s website or contact the office at 352-273-0670.

Harvard Law Professor Discusses “Illiberal Constitutionalism”

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The Florida Law Review’s 36th annual Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law will feature Professor Mark Tushnet, a leading scholar of constitutional law and legal history. Tushnet is currently the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
“Illiberal Constitutionalism” will be held Friday, February 24, 2017 at 10 A.M. in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, Room 180, located at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The law school is located at 2500 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32611. The lecture is sponsored by the Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law Series and is presented by the Florida Law Review. The lecture is free and open to the public. Free parking will be available at the law school.
The Florida Law Review’s Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law series was established by the U.S. Sugar Corporation and the law firms of Dunwody, White & Landon, P.A. and Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole in honor of Elliot and Atwood Dunwody. The honorees were brothers who dedicated their lives to the legal profession and who set a standard of excellence for The Florida Bar. As graduates of the University of Florida College of Law, they labored long, continuously, and quietly to better the social and economic conditions in Florida.
The Dunwody Lecture series is intended to perpetuate the example set by the Dunwody brothers by providing a forum for renowned legal scholars to present novel and challenging ideas.
Media inquiries can be directed to Florida Law Review Executive Symposium Editors Ashlyn Robinson and Cayman Weimer at [email protected] or at 352-273-0670.
For more details, please visit the Florida Law Review’s website at www.floridalawreview.org or contact the office at 352-273-0670.
Distinguished Speaker
Professor Tushnet, who graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, specializes in constitutional law and theory, including comparative constitutional law. His research includes studies examining (skeptically) the practice of judicial review in the United States and around the world. He also writes in the area of legal and particularly constitutional history, with works on the development of civil rights law in the United States and (currently) a long-term project on the history of the Supreme Court in the 1930s.