What: Yale Law School is hosting an Entertainment and the Law Event during its Alumni Weekend
When: October 19-20, 2012
Where: Yale Law School
On Saturday, October 20, Michael McCann will moderate a panel titled, “In the Legal Zone: Hot Topics in Sports Law.” Panelists include Jimmy Golen ’99 M.S.L., Sports Writer, The Associated Press, Lawrence Lucchino ’71, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Craig A. Masback ’92, Senior Sports Marketing Director, Greater China, Japan & Global Business Affairs, Nike; and former CEO, USA Track & Field (1997-2008), and Charles S. Mechem, Jr. ’55, Commissioner Emeritus, Ladies Professional Golf Association; and Chairman and CEO, Taft Broadcasting Company. Register here for the event.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
12:00 – 7:30 PM – Registration – Room 122
The inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture on Women’s Rights begins with a panel exploring Equality’s Frontiers followed by a Conversation between Justice Ginsburg and Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L.
1:30 – 3:30 PM – “Equality’s Frontiers” – Room 127
Panelists:
- Cary Franklin ’05, Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Law
- Melissa Murray ’02, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
- Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Ian Shapiro ’87, Professor (Adjunct) of Law, Yale Law School and Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University
- Reva Siegel ’86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Kenji Yoshino ’96, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law
4:00 – 5:30 PM – “A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg” – Auditorium
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
- Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L., Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
5:30 – 6:30 PM – Gruber Distinguished Lecture Reception – Law School Dining Hall
6:30 – 10:00 PM – All Alumni Reception and Dinner – University Commons (Enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street)
7:00 – 8:00 AM – Fun Run – Meet in front of the Law School at 127 Wall Street
Join Yale Law School’s Ian Ayres ’86, William K. Townsend Professor of Law, and Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, and Professor of Psychology, for an early morning 5K run.
8:00 AM – 6:30 PM – Registration – Room 122
8:00 – 9:30 AM – Alumni-Student Breakfast Connections – Room 120
Be matched with current students so that you can chat about common areas of interest.
Alumni should go to www.law.alumni.yale/alumnibcsurvey2012 by Monday, October 1 to fill out a short survey. You must complete the survey to participate.
8:00 – 10:30 AM – Continental Breakfast – Law School Dining Hall
Breakfast will be available in the Dining Hall for anyone who is not participating in the alumni-student matching breakfast in Room 120.
9:30 – 10:45 AM – Panel Discussions (two concurrent sessions)
PANEL I. Streaming and Beaming: Entertainment Where and When You Want It
Moderator: Bryan Choi, Thomson Reuters Fellow, and Director of the Law and Media Program, Information Society Project, Yale Law School
Panelists:
- Emily Bazelon ’00, Journalist, Slate, and Senior Research Scholar, and Capote Fellow, Yale Law School
- Richard Cotton ’69, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NBC Universal
- Alfred C. Perry ’87, Vice President, Worldwide Content Protection & Outreach, Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Kenneth P. Stern ’88, Co-founder and President, Palisades Media Ventures, and former CEO, National Public Radio
PANEL II. Many Voices, Many Eyes: The Promises and Pitfalls of Social Networks
Moderator: Margot E. Kaminski ’04, Research Scholar in Law, Executive Director of the Information Society Project, and Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Panelists:
- Lori B. Andrews ’78, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law
- James Grimmelmann ’05, Professor of Law, New York Law School
- Beth Simone Noveck ’97, Visiting Professor, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and MIT Media Lab, and Professor of Law, New York Law School
- Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM – Panel Discussions (two concurrent sessions)
PANEL III. Yours, Mine and Ours: Ownership of Cultural Capital
Moderator: Susan M. Scafidi ’93, Professor & President, Fashion Law Institute, Fordham Law
Panelists:
- Barton Beebe ’00, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
- David Boies II ’66, Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
- Kristelia A. Garcia ’03, Frank H. Marks Intellectual Property Fellow & Visiting Associate Professor, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
- Marc Porter ’87, Chairman, Christie’s Americas and International Head, Christie’s Private Sales
PANEL IV. In the Legal Zone: Hot Topics in Sports Law
Moderator: Michael McCann, Director, Sports Law Institute, and Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Panelists:
- Jimmy Golen ’99 M.S.L., Sports Writer, The Associated Press
- Lawrence Lucchino ’71, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox
- Craig A. Masback ’92, Senior Sports Marketing Director, Greater China, Japan & Global Business Affairs, Nike; and former CEO, USA Track & Field (1997-2008)
- Charles S. Mechem, Jr. ’55, Commissioner Emeritus, Ladies Professional Golf Association; and Chairman and CEO, Taft Broadcasting Company
12:45 PM – All Alumni Luncheon – University Commons (Enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street)
Opening Remarks:
- John R. Firestone ’85, President, Yale Law School Association Executive Committee, and Partner,Pavia & Harcourt LLP
- Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Presentation of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit to:
- David Boies II ’66, Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
- Presented by: Dean Robert C. Post ’77
Remembrances:
- The Honorable Louis H. Pollak ’48 (1922-2012), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1978-2012); and dean, Yale Law School (1965-70) and University of Pennsylvania Law School (1975-78).
- Nicholas deB. Katzenbach ’47 (1922-2012), Associate Professor, Yale Law School (1952-56); U.S. Attorney General (1965-66), and Senior Vice President and General Counsel, IBM (1968-86).
80th Birthday Celebration:
- The Honorable Guido Calabresi ’58, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law and dean (1985-94), Yale Law School
3:00-4:30 PM – Yale Visual Law Project: Screening YLS Student Cutting-Edge Documentaries – Room 121
3:00-4:30 PM – Law Library’s Paskus-Danziger Rare Books Open House – The Rare Book Collection showcases recent acquisitions as well as works relating to entertainment law – Room L2
4:15 – 5:30 PM – “Countdown to Election 2012: A Last Minute Assessment” – Room 127
- Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School
6:30 PM Receptions; 7:30 PM Dinners – Class Reunion Receptions and Dinners
