This year's Thrower Symposium, entitled The First Amendment: Gateway to Social Change, will explore the rights guaranteed to citizens under the First Amendment. We hope that our discussion on how the First Amendment empowers citizens will leave our attendees with actionable learnings.
Schedule

2022
Thursday, February 3rd
9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Danielle Kerker Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief, Emory Law Journal
Mary Anne Bobinski, Dean, Emory University School of Law
Samantha Harrell, Executive Symposium Editor, Emory Law Journal

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

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9:15 AM

Keynote Address

Darren Hutchinson, Emory University School of Law

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9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

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9:45 AM

Panel I. First Amendment and the Right to Know

(Moderator) Matthew Lawrence, Emory University School of Law
Barry Sullivan, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Aziz Z. Huq, University of Chicago Law School
Gerry Weber, Southern Center for Human Rights; Adjunct, Emory University School of Law & Georgia State College of Law

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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

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12:30 PM

Panel II. First Amendment Rights in a Changing America

(Moderator) Michael J. Broyde, Emory University School of Law
Berta Hernández-Truyol, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Justin Hansford, Howard University School of Law

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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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1:30 PM

Panel III. Making Your Voice Heard: The Efficacy of the First Amendment

(Moderator) Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of Law
Seth Kreimer, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South
Dawn C. Nunziato, George Washington University Law School

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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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