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Trying Cases In The Media: Legal Ethics, Fair Trials And Free Press, John Douglas, Gerald Zerkin, Steve Nash, Margaret P. Spencer, Craig Thomas Merritt, J. Joshua Wheeler, Paul D. Carrington, C. Thomas Dienes, John E. Nowak, Molly Delea, Kate Murray, Thomas Queen, Courtney Sydnor
Trying Cases In The Media: Legal Ethics, Fair Trials And Free Press, John Douglas, Gerald Zerkin, Steve Nash, Margaret P. Spencer, Craig Thomas Merritt, J. Joshua Wheeler, Paul D. Carrington, C. Thomas Dienes, John E. Nowak, Molly Delea, Kate Murray, Thomas Queen, Courtney Sydnor
University of Richmond Law Review Symposium
The 2000 symposium consisted of a panel discussion which used role-playing and a mock trial to highlight the issues of lawyer/litigant comments to the press before and during trial and the dilemma of journalists confronted by court demands for documents, testimony, or sources of information obtained in the course of gathering news on pending trials. Participants included:
As United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Freedonia: John Douglas, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Richmond.
As Freedonia criminal defense lawyer: Gerald Zerkin, Private Defense Attorney.
As investigative journalist: Steve Nash, Associate Professor of Journalism at the University …