Major
privacy symposium to be held at law school
April 11 event will draw noted researchers
from around country
APRIL 4, 2008 -- The Charleston School of Law will host a major
symposium on the law of privacy next week that will draw participants
and speakers from around the country.
Charleston School of Law Associate Professor Allyson W. Haynes
said an intellectual discourse on privacy law scheduled for
April 11 was important and timely in South Carolina.
"The increasing availability of court records online heightens
the clash between litigants' concerns about privacy and confidentiality
on the one hand and the public's right of access to the court
system on the other," said Haynes. "This symposium
will address recent developments in the law, including the new
federal privacy and e-discovery rules and electronic surveillance
legislation, and how they impact the privacy rights of all citizens
in the litigation arena."
The all-day
symposium, scheduled for April 11 at the Charleston Museum
Auditorium on Meeting Street, is sponsored by the Federal
Courts Law Review at the Charleston School of Law, the Federal
Magistrate Judges Association and the Federal Bar Association's
South Carolina chapter. The cost of the symposium, for which
continuing legal education credits are pending, is $175 for
members of sponsoring groups or $225 for non-members.
A highlight of the symposium is a 9 a.m. keynote address by
New York University School of Law Professor Arthur R. Miller,
who will discuss, "Privacy: Is there any left?" Miller
is nationally known for his work on privacy, copyright, unfair
competition and court procedure, a subject on which he has authored
or co-authored more than 40 books. He is senior author of Federal
Practice & Procedure, a key legal text.
Other highlights of the symposium:
