You're invited to our 2010 symposium: Sexually Explicit Speech and the First Amendment
FIRST AMENDMENT LAW REVIEW
presents its eighth annual symposium
Thursday, Feb. 18 and Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Keynote
Larry Flynt, Publisher of Hustler magazine and founder of Larry Flynt Publications and Hustler Video Group
Thursday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.*
Location: Great Hall, UNC Student Union
Moderators: Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida, and
Robert Richards, John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies at Penn State University.
*Tickets are required for this session only
Free tickets available at the Student Union Box Office
Symposium
Friday, Feb. 19
UNC School of Law
Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
10 to 10:15 a.m.
Jack Boger, Dean and Wade Edwards Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
David Wicclair, Symposium editor, First Amendment Law Review
Panel: Issues in free speech and sexually explicit content
10:15 to 11:45 a.m.
Panelists will discuss recent federal obscenity prosecutions in the U.S., such as prosecutions involving "sexting" and animal crush videos, as well as the effect that this litigation has had on the adult entertainment industry. Panelists will also explore the future of federal obscenity prosecution and respond to questions.
Moderator: William W. Van Alstyne
Lee Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary Law School
Panelists:
Larry Walters
First Amendment attorney, Walters Law Group
Mary Beth Buchanan
Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Douglas
Defense attorney for the adult entertainment industry, Law Office of Jeffrey J. Douglas
Lunch
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Panel: The Debate: Censorship v. The First Amendment
12:30 to 2 p.m.
This panel will focus on the debate between censorship of sexually explicit speech and free speech under the First Amendment. Each panelist will discuss his or her perspective and respond to questions.
Moderator: William W. Van Alstyne
Lee Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary Law School
Panelists:
Katharine Bartlett
A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law
Diane Duke
Executive director of the Free Speech Coalition
Tim Winter
President of the Parents Television Council
Friday Keynote: Larry Flynt and the First Amendment
2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Speaker: Rodney Smolla
Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor of Law at Washington & Lee School of Law
Closing remarks
3:45 to 3:50 p.m.
David Wicclair, Symposium editor, First Amendment Law Review
Friday symposium cost: General admission is $20.
UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty members, and staff members may attend for free.
Students from other schools and senior citizens may attend for $10.
Members of the N.C. State Bar may be able to earn Continuing Legal Education (CLE) hours by contacting the bar.
A boxed lunch will be provided
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!