Media, Law & Policy

Mexican journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho is the 2010 recipient of the Tully Free Speech Award from the Tully Center for Free Speech in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Film director and screenwriter Scott Sanders will visit the Newhouse School on Tuesday, Feb. 23, for the ninth annual “Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media.”

A team of two enterprising undergraduate students in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences placed fifth out of 64 teams that competed in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament

Eliot Spitzer, former governor and attorney general of New York, will speak at the Maxwell School on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Two Syracuse University students are among 10 teams of college journalists from across the country vying for a trip to Hollywood and an opportunity to report from the red carpet and backstage at the 82^nd Academy Awards.

The College of Law is welcoming student teams from eight New York state law schools to compete in the National Trial Competition Region II championship Feb. 5-7.

Syracuse University College of Law kicks off Diversity Week on Monday, Feb. 8, with a variety of daily events.

IJPM’s Spring 2010 lecture series, “Law, Politics and the Media,” provides an introduction to the court system and its environment as a single, integrated subject of study and features speakers from a variety of legal, political and media backgrounds.

The Northeast Black Law Student Association (NEBLSA) brings its regional convention to Syracuse, Jan. 28-31.

Mavis Staples, a Grammy Award-nominee, will bring her inspirational music and experiences to Syracuse University on Saturday, Feb. 27.