2014 Symposium: "How Far from Near? 50 Years of New York Times v. Sullivan in Minnesota and Beyond"

“How Far from Near? 50 Years of New York Times v. Sullivan in Minnesota and Beyond: A Symposium Honoring the Legacy of Silha Professor Emeritus Donald M. Gillmor.”

SCHEDULE:

8 a.m.: Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.: Welcome and introduction by Silha Center Director and Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law Jane E. Kirtley
8:45 a.m.: Academic panel: "Beyond First Amendment Exceptionalism: The Multiple Legacies of Near and Sullivan"
10:15 a.m.: Break
10:30 a.m.: Practitioners panel: "Time After Times: Defamation Law (and Privacy, Too) in Minnesota"
Noon: Buffet lunch with remarks by Al Tims, director, University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication 
1 p.m.: Keynote Speaker: Robert D. Sack, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit : "Thirteen Ways of Looking at New York Times v. Sullivan"
Event concludes at 2 p.m.

For more about this event, click on any of the following links:
Video of the 2014 Symposium Academic Panel
Video of the 2014 Symposium Practitioners Panel
Silha Bulletin story following the 2014 Symposium