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Faculty in the News
Professor Samantha Barbas' article, "How the Civil Rights Movement Rewrote Freedom of the Press," was published in Humanities, The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
In 1960, a civil rights organization placed a fund-raising ad in the New York Times seeking donations for the legal defense of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists. The ad described violence that had been committed by segregationist officials against civil rights protesters in Montgomery and other southern cities. Its publication led to a multimillion-dollar libel suit that produced one of the most crucial Supreme Court decisions protecting the freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
On October 18th, Professor Brian Farrell and Professor Daria Fisher Page were panelists for the Baum Ethics Symposium at Drake Law
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
They were also joined by Lisa Pruitt from UC Davis Law and Iowa attorney Phil Garland
On November 1st and 2nd, Professor James Toomey attended George Mason for the "Trust and Succession Law Workshop," organized by Tom Gallanis and sponsored by the ACTEC Foundation and Global Wealth Management Project
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Workshop, organized by Professor Thomas P. Gallanis, brings trusts and estates professors from across the country to Scalia Law to discuss their academic research in progress.
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