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The Supreme Court has exhibited a renewed interest in freedom of speech under the First Amendment. Recent decisions would seem to support unpopular, offensive, and harmful speech (A good example would be the Court's April 2010 decision to protect videos of brutality to animals even though the recorded act itself was a crime). Subsequent grants of certiorari seem to indicate that the Court has more to say on the subject of freedom of speech. The Court has accepted for review a decision protecting the right of Westboro Baptist Church to demonstrate at the funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq. Westboro claims that such casualties are punishment for the nation's protection of gay rights. In this course our guest speakers will examine the issues the Court will address in this highly controversial case. Other issues to be discussed in this CLE program include the extent to which First Amendment applies to children both in and out of school.
You can attend this CLE (Continuing Legal Education) session in person or via webcast.
Who: Professor Burton Caine & ACLU-PA Staff Attorney Mary Catherine Roper
When: Friday, May 21, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Temple University, Fort Washington, 401 Commerce Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034 OR via webcast on your computer
Cost
In person: $125
Webcast: $105
Other information
Credits: 4 substantive for webcast; 7 substantive for in-person program
Program Level: Basic
Prerequisites: None (No Advanced Preparation)
Format: Group-Live
Tech Support for webcast: Bill Kline - william.kline@ceworkshops.com or 267-251-3805
Registration
For live presentation in Fort Washington register here.
For live webcast register here.
Presenters' bios
Professor Burton Caine teaches Constitutional, First Amendment, and Antitrust Law at Temple Law School, Tel Aviv University, and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Professor Caine was a partner in Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen and taught part time at University of Pennsylvania Law School. In 1977, he joined Temple Law School on a full-time basis. In addition to his academic pursuits, he served as General Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Philadelphia Branch. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Americans for Religious Liberty.
Mary Catherine Roper is a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania's Philadelphia Office, where she coordinates litigation on a broad range of civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech, religious liberty, racial and ethnic justice, equality for lesbians and gay men, student rights, privacy, prisoner's rights, and police misconduct. Prior to joining the ACLU, Mary Catherine was a partner in the firm of Drinker Biddle and Reath, where she was well known for her commitment to pro bono work. Mary Catherine is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
This CLE is not sponsored by the ACLU of Pennsylvania. It is a presentation of McDermitt & Kline, LLC.
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