CELE (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Senior Counsel David Greene will be speaking.
From the Organizers:
The Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression (CELE) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are pleased to invite you to the online webinar:
Is freedom of expression dead? Rethinking free speech in times of authoritarianism.
Speakers include
- Irene Khan (UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression)
- Irina Schoulgin Nyoni (Sweden’s ambassador for human rights, democracy and the rule of law)
- Chantal Joris (Acting Head of Law and Policy, Article 19)
- David Greene (Senior Counsel, EFF)
When:
Wednesday, July 8
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 AM PDT
Where:
Online
Cost:
None
Event Requirements:
Registration is required.
About the Speaker:
David Greene, EFF's Senior Counsel, has significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts. David currently serves on the steering committee of the Free Expression Network, the governing committee of the ABA Forum on Communications Law, and on advisory boards for several arts and free speech organizations across the country. David is also an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he teaches classes in First Amendment and media law and was formerly an instructor in the journalism department at San Francisco State University. He has written and lectured extensively on many areas of First Amendment Law, including as a contributor to the International Encyclopedia of Censorship. Before joining EFF, David was for twelve years the Executive Director and Lead Staff Counsel for First Amendment Project, where he worked with EFF on numerous cases including Bunner v. DVDCCA. David also previously served as program director of the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression where he was the principal contributor and general editor of the NCFE Quarterly and the principal author of the NCFE Handbook to Understanding, Preparing for and Responding to Challenges to your Freedom of Artistic Expression. He also practiced with the firms Bryan Cave LLP and Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft. Way back in 1998, he was a founding member, with David Sobel and Shari Steele, of the Internet Free Expression Alliance. He is a 1991 graduate of Duke University School of Law.
David's work has been recognized by California Lawyer magazine as a 2013 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, and by the SPJ Northern California as the recipient of its 2007 James Madison Freedom of information Award for Legal Counsel. He was also awarded The Hon. Ira A. Brown Adjunct Faculty Award by USF Law School in 2012.
About CELE:
The Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) is an academic center dedicated to the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression and access to information. As such, CELE carries out research aimed at enriching the public debate and education, training and reflection activities in this area.
This event is organized not by EFF, but by CELE.
