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    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the p-eople peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    2011 Symposium: Discrimination By and Against Religion and the First Amendment

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    Fall 2010 Symposium

    Fall 2010 Symposium
    Citizens United and the First Amendment

    Symposium


    Friday, October 8, 2010
    UNC School of Law
    Registration begins at 9 a.m.
    UNC School of Law & UNC Center for Media Law & Policy


    Welcome and Introduction

    10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

    Meagan Mirtenbaum
    Symposium Editor, First Amendment Law Review

    Panel I
    Corporate Speech

    10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

    Panelists will discuss how the case Citizens United v. FEC has changed the role of corporate speech. They will also discuss corporate speech and First Amendment protections.

    Panelists:
    Lisa Graves, The Center for Media and Democracy
    Robert Kerr, University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
    Erik Jaffe, The Law Office of Erik S. Jaffe

    Moderator:
    Gene Nichol, UNC School of Law Professor

    Lunch

    11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

    Keynote

    12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

    Floyd Abrams
    Attorney, Cahill Gordon & Reindel

    Panel II
    First Amendment and the Conservative Wing

    1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

    This panel will discuss how the First Amendment is analyzed by the conservative wing and their thoughts on the Citizens United decision.

    Panelists:
    James Bopp Jr., James Madison Center for Free Speech
    William Van Alstyne, College of William and Mary

    Panel III
    Campaign Finance

    3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

    This panel will focus on the spending and fundraising that politicians can do in their campaigning. It will also focus on how it was changed after the Citizens United decision.

    Panelists:
    Michael Munger, Duke University
    Nathaniel Persily, Columbia Law School

    Closing Remarks

    4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

    Meagan Mirtenbaum
    Symposium Editor, First Amendment Law Review, UNC School of Law

     
     
    Past Symposia

    2003
    Separation of Church and States: An Examination of State Constitutional Limits on Government Funding for Religious Institutions

    2004
    Judicial Elections: The Campaign Reform Act and the North Carolina Experience

    2005
    The First Amendment and Press Coverage of Elections in the United States

    2006
    Religion in the Public Schools

    2007
    No Strings Attached?: The First Amendment and Tax-Exempt Organizations

    2008
    Public Citizens, Public Servants, and Free Speech in the Post-Garcetti Workplace

    2009
    Cyberspeech!

    Spring 2010
    Sexually Explicit Speech and the First Amendment

    Future Symposia (Tentative)

    2012-2013

    Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier Reassessed: School Censorship and Student Civic Engagement