Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 28, 2003|Volume 31, Number 20

Event to explore how lawyers can
use media to tell their clients' stories

The ways attorneys can work with the media to present their clients' stories to the public in an effective way will be explored at a colloquium being held Thursday-Friday, March 6-7, at the New Haven Hotel.

The event, the sixth annual Arthur Liman Public Interest Colloquium, is titled "Portraying the Public Interest: Clients, the Mass Media and Public Policy."

The colloquium will begin on Thursday at 6 p.m. with the screening of a film related to advocacy for the underrepresented. This will be followed by a panel discussion led by filmmaker Doug Liman, whose credits include producing and directing "The Bourne Identity" as well as directing the critically acclaimed "Swingers" and "Go." Liman is the son of the late Arthur Liman, for whom the public interest program is named.

On Friday, there will be panel discussions from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on the following topics: "Direct Representation and Public Advocacy," "Journalists and the Public Interest," "Public Interest and Public Relations" and "Effectively Crafting Client Narratives."

Current Liman Public Interest Fellows will discuss their role in bringing clients' experiences to the public and how to balance their role as advocates with the larger issues of public policy reform. Participants will also discuss how stories come to be understood as newsworthy and how to compete for media attention. Public interest advocates and public relations practitioners will discuss how to write compelling stories, and journalists will speak on the ethical obligations of reporters.

The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program was established at the Law School in 1996 to honor the late Arthur Liman, a partner in the New York City law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In addition to his work at the firm, Liman had a long and distinguished career as a public servant.

The Liman Program brings together law students, current practitioners, academicians and public interest advocates. It also supports fellowships for Law School graduates to work full time for a year in any area of the legal profession devoted to the public interest. The 20022003 fellows and their placements are Tania Galloni, Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Lake Worth, Florida; Andrea Marsh, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Austin, Texas; David Menschel, The Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law, New York City; and Amy Meselson, Legal Aid Society of New York, New York City.

This year's colloquium is sponsored by the Liman Program, Legal Affairs magazine and the Poynter Journalism Program at Yale.

Participants must pre-register for this program by contacting the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at the Law School at (203) 432-7740.

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