The Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School sponsors the First Amendment Salons, a regular series of free, 90-minute discussions concerning contemporary Supreme Court cases, books, articles, legal briefs, memoranda, and other timely topics.
The by-invitation discussions rotate between the offices of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz in Washington, D.C., and New York, and the Abrams Institute at Yale Law School in New Haven. Each Salon is videocast to the other two venues so that people in all three locations can participate.
The co-chairs of the Salon are Ronald Collins (University of Washington Law School), Lee Levine (Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz) and David Skover ’78 (Seattle University Law School). Floyd Abrams, Sandra Baron, David Schulz, and Robert Post are members of its advisory board.
“The idea behind the salon,” Levine explained, “is to engage members of the First Amendment community — lawyers, academics, journalists, and activists — in an ongoing discussion about some of the key free speech issues of our times. We thus welcome this unique association with such a distinguished Institute committed to the same mission.”
A “More Speech” series of occasional papers associated with the First Amendment Salon is published at Concurring Opinions.
Prior Salons
Rethinking Reno and Section 230: How should we regulate social media? April 27, 2018 Moderator: Jack Balkin Speakers: Enrique Armijo, Genevieve Lakier, Morgan Weiland View Video
Freedom of Speech in the Founding Era September 9, 2016 Moderator: Nadine Strossen Speakers: Akhil Amar and Stephen Solomon View Video
Hate Crimes in Cyberspace March 29, 2016 Moderator: Ilya Shapiro Speakers: Danielle Citron and Laura Handman View Video
Reed v. Gilbert & the Future of First Amendment Law November 2, 2015 Moderator: Linda Greenhouse Speakers: Floyd Abrams and Robert Post View Video
Is the First Amendment Being Misused as a Deregulatory Tool? March 30, 2015 Moderator: Floyd Abrams Speakers: Jack Balkin and Martin Redish
Hate Speech: From Parisian Cartoons to Cyberspace to Campus Speech Codes March 9, 2015 Moderator: Lucy Dalglish Speakers: Christopher Wolf and Greg Lukianoff
