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SCOTUSblog SUPREME COURT COVERAGE AND CASES

MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 2013 RICHARD B. RUSSELL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES

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Panelists Tom Goldstein is publish er and a regul ar co ntribut or to th e SCOTUS blog, whi ch he co-fo und ed with Am y H owe i n 2002. H e teac h es Supre me Co urt liti gati on at Har vard L aw Sch oo l, a nd previo usly tau g ht at Stanford L aw Schoo l. Go ld stein has arg ued 28 cases befo re th e Supreme C o urt .

GQhas named him one of th e 5 0 mos t influ enti al p eople in Wa shin g ton, D .C . (GQ2 , and th e N ati o nal L aw J ourn al na med him one of the 40 mos t influ enti al lawye rs of th e past d ecad e and one of the 100 mo st influ e ntial lawye rs i n th e nati o n .

Amy Howe ha s bee n SCOTUSbl og editor sin ce 2003 . Sh e has se rved as co un se l in m o re th an two d oze n merit s cases a nd arg ued tw o cases befo re th e Supre me Co urt . She ha s taught Supreme C ourt litig ati o n at Stanfo rd L aw Schoo l and Harvard Law S chool, and as an adjun ct profe sso r at Am erican University's Wa shing ton C ollege of L aw and Vanderbilt Law School.

Pete Williams is an NBC N ews co rres po nd e nt based in W as hing t o n, D .C ., H e h as bee n coverin g the Ju sti ce D epar tm ent and the U.S. Supre me C o urt sin ce M arch 199 3. Pri or to j oining NBC, Willi am s se rved as a press offic ial on Capito l Hill fo r many ye ars. In 19 86 h e j oined the W as hing to n, D .C. staff of th e n C ong ress man Di ck Ch e ney as press se cretary and a leg islative ass istant . In 19 89, wh en Ch e ney wa s named A ss ist ant Secretary of D efen se , William s was app ointed A ss istant Secretary of D efense for Publi c A ffa irs.

Professo r Janet H. Murray is an intern ati o nally rec og nize d interactio n des ig ner, specializ in g in digital narrative and di gital humaniti es at G eo rgia Tech . She was train ed by IBM as a sys tems programm er before earnin g a Ph.D in En gli sh literature fr o m H arva rd . Murr ay led hum aniti es edu ca ti o nal proj ec t s at MIT i n the 19 80s and 1990s. At G eorgia T ech, sh e fo unded th e eTV Lab and h elp ed es tabli sh o ne of th e world 's fir st Ph .D prog rams in th e fi eld . Murr ay is an em erita tru st ee of th e Am eri can Film In stitute and serves o n th e boa rd of direc to rs of th e G eo rge Fo ster Peabody Award s.

Tony Mauro is Supreme C ourt corres po nd ent fo r The Nati on al Law J o ur nal , Am eri ca n Lawyer M edi a, and law.c o m . H e ha s covered th e Supre me C o urt fo r 3 1 ye ars, fir st for G ann ett N ews Service and USA T od ay, th e n mov in g to Th e N ati o nal Law J ourn al in 2000 . H e also writ es fo r NLJ's newsletter, S up re me C o urt In sid er, a nd re po rt s o n th e Supre me C ourt 's First A mendm e nt d ocket fo r th e F ree d o m Forum o nlin e. In 2011 h e wa s indu ct ed int o th e Free d o m of Infor m atio n A ct H all of Fame, in recog niti o n of hi s wo rk p ro mo tin g g rea t er publi c access to th e co urts and o th er in stitu ti o ns.

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Schedule

8:45a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Cbarles Davis) dean) Grady College R ebecca Hanner Wbite, dean) Scbool o.fLaw Jrjft"ey Jone-" director, Peabody Awards

9-10:15 a.m.

SCOTUSblog: The Peabody Winner

Moderated byJrjft-ey J ones) director o.ftbe Peabody Awards

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Covering the Supreme Court in the Digital Age

Moderated by B ill L ee, prqftssor oftelecommunications

Noon- 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 -2:45p.m.

Supreme Court Cases and Issues

Moderated by Sonja West, associateprqftssor o.flaw

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