This symposium will focus on the following three themes: (1) the increased politicization of policy debates with respect to IP & information law; (2) the trending contemporary revival of CLS themes in IPIL scholarship, and (3) the emergence of tremendous public participation IPIL policy debates. The goal of this symposium is to discuss these topics in relation to various recent developments, some of which will surely proliferate between now and the day of the symposium.

Schedule
2013
Sunday, April 7th
2:00 PM

Introductions

Sarah L. Farhadian, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Agatha M. Cole, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM

Panel I: Critical Legal Studies in Intellectual Property and Information Law Scholarship

Peter Goodrich, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Sonia K. Kayal, Fordham University School of Law
Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Panel II: Critical Legal Activism and Netroots Movements

Victoria Smith Ekstrand, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Brett Frischmann, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
John Tehranian, Southwestern Law School
Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
4:45 PM

Panel III: Politics and the Public IN IP & Info Law Policy Making

Michael J. Burstein, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Derek Khanna, Information Society Project - Yale Law School
Jessica Litman, University of Michigan
Sherwin Siy, Public Knowledge
Richard S. Whitt, Motorola Mobility LLC, and Google Inc.

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM