First Amendment Law Review Symposium: The First Amendment Jurisprudence of Justice Breyer

Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/18/2022
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Location
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, University of North Carolina

On November 18, 2022, the Center for Media Law and Policy will be joining with the First Amendment Law Review to present a symposium on “The First Amendment Jurisprudence of Justice Stephen Breyer.” Stephen G. Breyer served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. Over his nearly three decades as a Supreme Court justice, Breyer cultivated a reputation for pragmatism, especially with regard to the First Amendment.

Come join us at the Carolina Club to hear some of the nation’s leading First Amendment scholars talk about Justice Breyer’s views on the First Amendment and the legacy his enormous body of jurisprudence will likely have on future Supreme Court decisions regarding the First Amendment.

If you are not able to join us in person, the symposium will be streamed live on Zoom.  Check out the First Amendment Law Review’s event page for information on attending remotely.

The day will consist of a keynote address and three panels.

Keynote Address

  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at Berkeley Law

Panel 1: Justice Breyer and the Freedom of Expression
Moderated by Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, UNC School of Law

  • Enrique Armijo, Professor of Law at Elon University
  • Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, Director, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida
  • Laura Dickinson, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law at George Washington University
  • Alexander Tsesis, Raymond & Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law at Loyola University

Panel 2: Justice Breyer and the Religion Clauses
Moderated by Eric L. Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics, UNC School of Law

  • Richard W. Garnett, Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, Concurrent Professor of Political Science, Director, Program on Church, State & Society at the University of Notre Dame
  • William P. Marshall, William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina
  • Russell Robinson, Walter Perry Johnson Professor of Law. Faculty Director, Center on Race, Sexuality & Culture at Berkeley Law
  • Micah J. Schwartzman, Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law, Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, Director, Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia

Panel 3: What does Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence tell us about future First Amendment challenges?
A conversation led by Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, UNC School of Law

  • Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, Director, Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at Berkeley Law
  • Robert C. Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School
  • Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago

Registration is now open! CLE tickets are $35 and non-CLE tickets are free using the code NOCLE. For more information, please go to the First Amendment Law Review’s event page.

Video from the symposium is now available here:


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