2014 Constitution Day & Free Speech Movement 50th Anniversary Events
On Wednesday, September 17, 4-5:30pm, Berkeley Law will host a panel discussion, “ Free Speech on Campus: From the Free Speech Movement to Occupy .” Moderated by Christopher Kutz, panelists will include Richard Buxbaum, Jackson J. Ralston Professor of International Law (Emeritus), Berkeley Law; Robert Cole, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Berkeley Law; Linda Lye, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California. More information on this, and other FSM 50 events, is available online . This event is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis. That same evening, in Room 105 Berkeley Law will host a screening of “ Blueberry Soup: Participatory Democracy, Social Media, and Constitutionalism ,” a film about popular constitutional change in Iceland. The film will begin at6pm and will be followed by a discussion with the documentary filmmaker, Eileen Jerrett, on the value of social media and person-to-person communications within participatory government. This event is sponsored by...