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11/15/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Panel Discussion
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Panel and free-form discussion on Internet protections of political speech in light of the just-concluded presidential race. Featuring Jeanne Cummings of Politico.com; Bob Strong, Politics Department; and Rod Smolla, Dean of the Law School. Moderated by journalism department head Brian Richardson.

 
11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: John Harris
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John Harris of Politico.com talks about the end of print journalism and migration of the established media to online outlets.

 
11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
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Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law expert and founding dean of the law school of the University of California, Irvine, delivers the 2008 Tucker Lecture as part of the annual Law and Media Symposium. Dean Chemerinsky discusses how previous adjustments in First Amendment law in response to the evolution of media are insufficient in dealing with the Internet.

 
11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Jim Brady
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Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor Washingtonpost.com, discusses some of the challenges of running one of the most popular site for online news.

 
11/14/2008 - 2008 Law and Media Symposium: Moot Court Exercise
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Dean Rod Smolla opens the 2008 Law and Media Symposium with a moot court exercise, where he presents oral arguments on both sides of a dispute before a fictional Supreme Court. The case involves the fictional college gossip site sleazycampus.com.

 
11/11/2008 - Legal Reason in the Global Financial Markets
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Dr. Annelise Riles, Jack G. Clarke '52 Professor of Far East Legal Studies, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture at Cornell Law School, delivers a lecture titled "Legal Reason in the Global Financial Markets."

 
10/17/2008 - Winning Argument - 2008 Davis Moot Court Competition
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Victoria Corder delivers her winning argument during the 2008 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition at Washington and Lee School of Law.

 
10/17/2008 - 2008 John W. Davis Moot Court Finals
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The 2008 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition concluded with the final round on Friday, October 19 in the Millhiser Moot Court Room at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

 
10/16/2008 - Justice Powell and the Death Penalty
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Larry A. Hammond, distinguished criminal defense attorney, Watergate special prosecutor and clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., speaks about the death penalty at the School of Law.

 
10/14/2008 - 2008 ACS Supreme Court Preview
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The American Constitution Society at Washington and Lee School of Law presents the annual Supreme Court Preview, a look ahead at important cases on the U.S. Supreme Court Docket. Featuring professors Eric Luna, Brian Murchison, Michelle Drumbl, Adam Scales, and Dean Rod Smolla.

 
10/13/2008 - The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
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The Federalist Society presents Professor Dale Carpenter, who gives a talk on "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage."

 
10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Keynote Address
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Edward Castronova, the father of economic analysis of virtual worlds, delivers the keynote address for Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.

 
10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel One
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Dorothy Singer, Greg Lastowka, and Robin Wilson discuss the concept of play and how it has been central to the development of virtual worlds. Panel One of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.

 
10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel Two
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Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Brad Bushman, and Kaveri Subrahmanyam examine the latest social science research on the effects of videogames and virtual worlds on children. Panel Two of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.

 
10/3/2008 - Protecting Virtual Playgrounds - Panel Three
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Robert Bloomfield, Joshua Fairfield, and John Zuur Platten discuss the commercialization of child-oriented virtual worlds and challenges of regulation. Panel Three of Protecting Virtual Playgrounds: Children, Law and Play Online.

 
10/3/2008 - How Parents can Connect with their Children in Virtual Worlds
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Washington and Lee law professor Joshua Fairfield discusses how parents can participate in online games with their children. The School of Law hosted the first ever law symposium on virtual worlds on Oct. 3, 2008.

 
10/2/2008 - Law Review Notes Presentation: Allen Myers
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Allen C. Myers, recipient of the Roy L. Steinheimer Award, presents his note titled, "Untangling the Safety Net: Protecting Federal Benefits from Freezes, Fees, and Garnishment."

 
10/2/2008 - Law Review Notes Presentation: Michelle Evans
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Michelle L. Evans, recipient of the Washington and Lee Law Council Law Review Award, presents her note titled "Wrongs Committed during a Marriage: The Child That No Area of the Law Wants to Adopt."

 
10/1/2008 - The EU As Rising Superpower
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Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador to the United States, gives his perspective on crucial contemporary issues regarding international relations and the evolution of the European Union.

 
9/19/2008 - 2008 Robert J. Grey Negotiations Competition
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The 2008 Robert J. Grey Jr. Negotiations competition at Washington and Lee University School of Law came to a close Friday evening, Sept. 19, with the team John Sorock and Shannon Sherrill taking top honors. This problem for this year's competition involved an elder law issue.

 
9/15/2008 - The Future of the International Criminal Court
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In advocating ratification of the Rome Statute by the U.S. to establish membership in the International Criminal Court, Ambassador David Scheffer remarks that "in this important endeavor, the Unites States is no longer a leading nation, nor are we a follower. We are simply an outlier, with little international relevance or influence."

 
8/28/2008 - Clark Neily on D.C. v. Heller
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Clark Neily, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses the Supreme Court's decision in D.C. v. Heller and its impact on existing gun laws throughout the country.

 
3/28/2008 - 2008 Powell Lecture
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Philip K. Howard, a prominent attorney and advocate of legal reform, delivers the 2008 Powell Lecture.

 
3/26/2008 - Health Care Debate
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Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute and Dr. Ted Marmor of Yale University debate America's health care crisis. Moderated by Washington and Lee Law professor and nationally recognized health law expert Timothy Jost.

 
3/17/2008 - Media, Law and the Courts Symposium
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The inaugural Media, Law and the Courts symposium at Washington and Lee University takes a look back at how "60 Minutes Wednesday" handled the National Guard story and is asking: "What lessons have the media learned?" Participants include Michael Missal, Walter Dean, Thomas Spahn, and Edward Wasserman.

 
2/22/2008 - When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't
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William E. Nelson, the Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law at New York University Law School, delivers the inaugural Hendricks Lecture in Law and History. Professor Nelson's lecture is titled "When Massachusetts was Religious and Virginia Wasn't - and Why it Changed."

 
2/6/2008 - Breakfast with the Constitution
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This program explores the freedom of the press, examining a number of current issues relevant to the ability of journalists to obtain information on government activity, the protection of the confidentiality of a journalists' news sources, efforts by the government to restrain the publication of classified national security material, and attempts by the government to criminally prosecute journalists for divulging classified information leaked to the journalist by government officials.

 
1/29/2008 - Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme
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David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, delivers a public lecture titled "Diamonds, Guns, and Thugs--The West African Extreme." Professor Kevin John Heller of the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, provides a commentary on Chief Prosecutor Crane's lecture.

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