2012 Law Review Symposium
The BYU Law community had the privilege of hearing from a stellar lineup of speakers and panelists at the 2012 Law Review Symposium, titled “The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” Presenters included professors of law , political science and communications from universities across the country. Dean Erwin Chemerinsky from the University of California, Irvine School of Law provided the keynote address on “The Supreme Court’s Failure to Communicate.”
In addition, prominent members of the Supreme Court press corps participated in a journalist panel to discuss “Reporting on the Nation’s Highest Court.” Panelists included Supreme Court reporters Adam Liptak from The New York Times; Lyle Denniston from SCOTUS blog; Dahlia Lithwick, a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate; and Tony Mauro, who writes for The National Law Journal, American Lawyer Media and law.com. The journalist panel discussed the challenges that reporters face in translating complex legal issues into succinct journalism, the criticisms faced by journalists who cover the Court, the ways in which the Court could be more accommodating of the press and the ongoing debate over cameras in the courtroom.
Professor RonNell Andersen Jones, who organized the event, called the symposium “a rare opportunity to hear from the top minds in the country on the important issue of the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and the media that cover it.”
“We were fortunate to be able to have a really vigorous academic conversation and to produce some exceptionally thoughtful recommendations for both journalism and the judiciary,” Jones said. “My hope is that we started a dialogue on these issues that will continue long after the symposium’s conclusion.”
Read symposium coverage:
Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Legal Times
Daily Universe
BYU University Communications
View recordings:
Law Review Symposium, Journalist Panel (1/26/2012)
Law Review Symposium, Dean Chemerinsky’s Keynote Address (1/27/2012)
Posted:February 02, 2012
