Agenda

Thursday, September 20, 2007
8:00 - 8:45	Registration and breakfast mixer
8:45 - 9:00	Welcome Claudio M. Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU and Professor of Law, New York Law School
9:00 - 10:00	Congressional Panel: Setting a positive legislative agenda for the First Amendment Moderator: Caroline Fredrickson, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
10:15 - 11:30	Panel: Constitutional overview of post-9/11 barriers to free speech and a free press Moderator: Dr. James Thomas Tucker, ACLU First Amendment Policy Counsel Panelists: Professor Thomas Healy, Seton Hall University Law School Dean Rodney Smolla, Washington & Lee University School of Law Nadine Strossen, ACLU President and Professor, New York Law School
11:30 - 12:45	Lunch and keynote speaker Eleanor Clift, Contributing Editor, Newsweek
12:45 - 2:00	Panel: Restrictions on freedom of association through material support prohibitions and visa denials Moderator: Melissa Goodman, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project Panelists: Professor David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center Larry Siems, Director of International Programs, PEN American Center
2:00 - 2:30	Book signing Professor David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror (New Press 2007)
2:30 - 3:45	Panel: Censoring and prosecuting the press - an assessment of reporters’ shield legislation Moderator: Professor Stephen Wermiel, American University Washington College of Law Panelists: Professor Stephen Clymer, Cornell Law School (on leave), Justice Department Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Professor Randall Eliason, George Washington University College of Law Eric Lichtblau, Reporter, New York Times
4:00 - 5:15	Panel: Surveillance and its impact on First Amendment rights Moderator: Ronald K.L. Collins, Scholar, First Amendment Center Panelists: Dr. James Carafano, Assistant Director and Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute Jameel Jaffer, Director, ACLU National Security Project Professor Herman Schwartz, American University Washington College of Law
5:15 - 5:30	Closing remarks and announcements
5:30 - 7:00	Reception
Friday, September 21, 2007
8:00 - 8:45	Registration and breakfast mixer
8:45 - 10:00	Panel: Secrecy and barriers to open government Moderator: Professor Daniel Marcus, American University Washington College of Law Panelists: Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke University School of Law Dr. Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Library of Congress David M. Hardy, Section Chief, Record Information/Dissemination, FBI Commander Glenn Sulmasy, Professor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
10:15 - 11:30	Panel: The role of whistleblowers to facilitate government accountability Moderator: Mike German, ACLU National Security Policy Counsel Panelists: Valerie E. Caproni, General Counsel, FBI Coleen Rowley, Former FBI Special Agent, Time Person of the Year (2002) Professor Stephen Vladek, American University Washington College of Law
11:45 - 1:15	Lunch and keynote speaker
1:15 - 1:30	Closing remarks

The symposium will conclude early on September 21, 2007, in observance of Yom Kippur.

* Subject to change.