Author, New Yorker magazine staff writer and CNN legal consultant Jeffrey Toobin is the featured speaker for the Oct. 26 Free Speech and Open Government Assembly. His talk on "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" is one of many in-depth forums and presentations on the final day of the event, held at the USC Annenberg School.
The Assembly brings together the best and brightest of law, journalism and public policy. Newsweek columnist Stuart Taylor was the featured speaker on Oct. 25 and spoke on the rush to judgment in the Duke rape case. The Assembly features more than a dozen debates and panels on topics ranging from confidential sources (with Judith Miller, Josh Wolf and Lance Williams) to "place blogging" (with Dan Gillmor and Kevin Roderick). Also included are forums on social networking, national security secrecy, immigration reporting, cameras in the courtroom, tribal secrecy, access to police records — and more, all featuring leading lawyers, journalists, new media mavens, policy wonks and other experts.
Please explore the Assembly program for specific locations and registration information.
