Volume 21 Symposium

The First Amendment Jurisprudence of Justice Breyer

Thank you to our panelists, moderators, and attendees for a wonderful symposium! We hope to see you again next year.

Missed out? Watch the recording here!

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On Friday, November 18, the First Amendment Law Review and the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy hosted an in-person symposium at the Carolina Club with virtual access on Zoom. The symposium focused on the First Amendment rulings written by Justice Stephen Breyer over his 28 years on the Supreme Court.

Stephen G. Breyer served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. Over his nearly three decades as a Supreme Court justice, Breyer cultivated a reputation for pragmatism, especially with regard to the First Amendment.

The Symposium consisted of a keynote address and three panels:

  • Justice Breyer and the Freedom of Expression
  • Justice Breyer and the Religion Clauses
  • Justice Breyer’s and future First Amendment challenges

Registration is now open!
CLE participants – $35 (5.25 CLE Credits)
General Admission – $0
Register on Eventbrite today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-jurisprudence-of-justice-breyer-tickets-432131776777

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Schedule

Panelists

Keynote Address

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at Berkeley Law

Justice Breyer and the Freedom of Expression
Moderated by Mary-Rose Papandrea
Featuring:

Enrique Armijo, Professor of Law at Elon University

Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, Director, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida

Laura Dickinson, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law at George Washington University

Alexander Tsesis, Raymond & Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law at Loyola University

Justice Breyer and the Religion Clauses
Moderated by Eric Muller
Featuring:

William P. Marshall, William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina

Richard W. Garnett, Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, Concurrent Professor of Political Science, Director, Program on Church, State & Society at the University of Notre Dame

Russell Robinson, Walter Perry Johnson Professor of Law. Faculty Director, Center on Race, Sexuality & Culture at Berkeley Law

Micah J. Schwartzman, Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law, Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, Director, Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia

What does Justice Breyer’s jurisprudence tell us about future First Amendment challenges?
Moderated by Mary-Rose Papandrea
Featuring:

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at Berkeley Law

Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, Director, Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law

Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago

Robert C. Post, Sterling Professor of Law At Yale Law School

Thank you to our wonderful moderators!

Eric L. Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the University of North Carolina

Mary-Rose Papandrea, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina