The Government Law Center at Albany Law School, New York University School of Law, and the New York Fair Trial/Free Press Conference convened the 2023 Fair Trial/Free Press Conference: Local Media, the Law, and Alleged Police Misconduct on April 24, 2023.
The conference combines a discussion of a hypothetical scenario with an overview of media law. A panel of judges, prosecutors, journalists, and attorneys discussed the legal, political, and ethical issues that arise in the fictional scenario after a reporter is arrested while covering a police-involved shooting.
Panelists:
Richard Chacón - Director of News Standards and Practices, NBC News
Hon. Jill Konviser - Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, First Judicial District
Anne LaBarbera - Principal Attorney, Anne LaBarbera Professional Corporation
Darren LaVerne - Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Thomas Maier - Investigative Journalist, Newsday
Hon. Robert M. Mandelbaum – Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court, First Judicial District
Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin (ret.) - Former Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP
Tanvi Valsangikar - Attorney specializing in First Amendment and media law and co-host, SLANDERTOWN
Steven Wu - Chief of the Appeals Division, Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Moderators:
Hon. Albert Rosenblatt (ret.) - Former Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, and Counsel, McCabe & Mack LLP
Rex Smith – Former Editor, Albany Times Union
