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Media and the Law 2008 Friday • April 18, 2008 • Kansas City, Missouri InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza and the Fourth Estate or Nonprofit Org. Media REGISTER NOW! U.S. Postage PAID “This is always a super conference. It is also Lawrence, KS 66044 The University of Kansas Permit #110 Fifth Wheel? a great opportunity to share ideas among top Continuing Education practitioners in the field. Not to be missed.” 1515 St. Andrews Drive Lawrence, KS 66047-1625 Susan Grogan Faller, Frost Brown Todd, LLC, Government Curbs on Free Speech Cincinnati, Ohio LAW Friday April 18, 2008 21st Annual Seminar InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza Featuring: Kansas City, Missouri u Valerie Plame Wilson u Ambassador Joseph Wilson u Judith Miller u The Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit www.ContinuingEd.ku.edu (keyword: law) u The Hon. Laura D. Stith, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri Media and the Law 2008 Friday, April 18, 2008 Please Print u Ted Rall, President, American Association of Editorial 1 Title (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.) ________________ Full name (First, MI, Last, Suffix) ________________________________________________________________________ Cartoonists E-mail ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Priority code (Please copy this code located above your name on the mailing label.) ___________________________________________________________________ Company name ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Schedule Includes: Address ( o Home or o Work) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ u Judicial Canons as Vehicles to Curtail Speech Daytime phone ( ) __________________________________________________ Fax ( ) ___________________________________________________ u Celebrities and the Right of Publicity o Please include my information on the participant roster. o Please do not include my information on the participant roster. Fees Preferred Means of Communication u Executive Branch Constraints on Free Speech o KCMBA Lawyer ................................................................................................$275 Please continue to send KUCE information by 2 o Non-KCMBA Lawyer (registration by March 21, 2008) ...............................$300 4 (check all that apply): o Non-KCMBA Lawyer (registration after March 21, 2008) ..........................$350 o Mail o E-mail o Fax u When Judges Sue the Media o Journalist ...........................................................................................................$50 o Please remove my name from the mailing list. o Educator ............................................................................................................$50 Easy Ways to Register u Is a Reporter’s Privilege Really Necessary? o Member of the public .....................................................................................$100 Mail Complete the registration form and o Full-time student ...............................................................................................$45 5 mail with payment to: o Luncheon only (available after March 21, 2008; preference will be The University of Kansas given to seminar registrants) ...........................................................................$40 Continuing Education Sponsors: The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Media Law Committee; the Total due $ _________ Registrations 1515 St. Andrews Drive ABA TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation o Luncheon Vegetarian Option Lawrence, Kansas 66047-1625 Law Committee; and University of Kansas Payment Phone Toll-free 877-404-KUCE (5823) School of Law o Check enclosed. 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Special Accommodation o If you will need special accommodation, please PO# ______________________________________________________________________________ mark the box above, and a member of the Billing address (if different from above) _________________________________________________ Continuing Education staff will contact you. www.ContinuingEd.ku.edu (keyword: law) ___________________________________________________________________________________ AA086070/JCN080805 OVERVIEW • MEDIA AND THE LAW 2008 • OVERVIEW PROGRAM • MEDIA AND THE LAW 2008 • PROGRAM PROGRAM OVERVIEW LODGING 7:30 a.m. Registration The Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Denver, Colo. In On Heroes and Hero Worship, Thomas Carlyle wrote in 1841: A block of rooms has been reserved at the InterContinental 8:05 a.m. Welcome The Hon. Janet Berry, Judge, Second Judicial District “Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in Kansas City at the Plaza, 401 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Pat Groshong, Chair, Media & the Law Committee, Court, State of Nevada, Reno, Nev. the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more Missouri until 5 p.m. March 17, 2008. After that date, room Assistant Vice President, Media/Professional important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech, or a availability and rate cannot be guaranteed. Please make your Insurance, Kansas City, Mo. Judge Robert H. Alsdorf (Ret.), Partner, Davis Wright witty saying; it is a literal fact,—very momentous to us in reservations by calling 816-756-2199. To receive the special Tremaine, Seattle, Wash. these times. Literature is our Parliament too. Printing, which seminar rate of $159, mention that you will be attending the Seminar Moderator: Mike Kautsch, Professor, Media, comes necessarily out of Writing, I say often, is equivalent University of Kansas Media and the Law Seminar. Law & Policy, Kansas University School of Law, Charles L. “Chip” Babcock, Partner, Jackson Walker, to Democracy: invent Writing, Democracy inevitable.” This Lawrence, Kan. Houston, Texas august notion of media as “Fourth Estate” is a foundational tenet of the Bill of Rights borne out by the likes of New York LOCATION & PARKING 8:15 a.m. The Resident Clip Noon Q & A Times v. Sullivan and its progeny. But has the media fallen The Media and the Law Seminar will be presented on Friday, Lori Harfenist, Producer and Host of The Resident, 12:10 p.m. Lunch —Luncheon Address: Ted Rall (or cast itself) from grace? Media critics increasingly eschew April 18, at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, 401 New York, N.Y. Carlyle’s lofty characterization of the media, viewing the Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri. 1:30 p.m. The Resident Clip media instead as plagued by bias, spin, slant, and unfairness In her Web show, The Resident (www.theresident. The InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza offers valet net), Harfenist investigates topics from the benign driven largely by private interests and commercial motives parking for $17 a day or self-parking for $11 a day to hotel 1:35 p.m. PANEL 4. Shield Wars: Is a Reporter’s Privilege to the apocalyptic, often with tongue firmly planted Really Necessary? rather than the overall public good. Has the media morphed guests. For those participants commuting to the seminar, day in cheek, a la Jon Stewart. An actor by training but from Fourth Estate to fifth wheel, justifiably subject to restraint parking at the InterContinental is complimentary. a journalist (in some minds) by action, Harfenist Moderator: Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director, and censure because of a failure to police itself against private straddles the line between entertainment and news, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, interests? This year’s seminar, on Friday, April 18, 2008, will Arlington, Va. KANSAS CITY ATTRACTIONS raising numerous questions about convergence and focus on this core issue. her place in the First Amendment universe. For our Judith Miller, Adjunct Fellow, Manhattan Institute Thinking of enjoying the weekend in Kansas City after the seminar, Harfenist will present a 5-minute clip before (formerly of The New York Times), New York, N.Y. LUNCHEON SPEAKER seminar? Attractions include: each panel, focused on the panel topics. The clips will be posted on Harfenist’s Web site, as well as YouTube. Lee Levine, Partner, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, TED Rall • Country Club Plaza—Across the street from the Washington, D.C. InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, the 15-block Ted Rall is the president of the American district is one of Kansas City’s popular retail, dining and 8:20 a.m. PANEL 1. When Judges Attack! The Implications Walter Pincus, National Security Correspondent, Association of Editorial Cartoonists. His entertainment destinations. of Defamation Actions by Judges Against the The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. cartoons have appeared in more than Visit