Idaho Law Review #TwitterLaw Symposium
Event Information
Description
Lawyers are increasingly seen engaging in discourse on social media, posting politically charged commentary, and otherwise being public figures and representing clients before the jury of public opinion. This symposium explores the perils and pitfalls for legal discourse of lawyers on social media. To what degree can we distinguish between pundit and lawyer? Do professionals need a code of conduct that guides them in expressing opinions on the Internet? Is the public savvy enough to distinguish between the varying roles lawyers may play on social media? This symposium addresses the important issues of #TwitterLaw.
Approved for 6.5 MCLE ethics credits by the Idaho State Bar.
SCHEDULE
8:15–8:45 Continental Breakfast
8:45–9:00 Welcome & Introduction
- Dean Jerrold Long – University of Idaho College of Law
- Nicholas Gourley – Editor–in–Chief, Idaho Law Review
9:00–10:15 Panel 1 ~ Lawyers & Social Media: Standards for Tweeting the Law & Opinion
Moderator
- Prof. Wendy Couture (@WendyGCouture) – University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists
- Kendyl T. Hanks (@HanksKendyl) – Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Kristen Vander–Plas (@KVPTexas) – Attorney, Brad J. Davidson Law Firm
- Ed Timberlake (@TimberlakeLaw) – Attorney, Timberlake Law
10:15–10:30 Break
10:30–11:45 Panel 2 ~ From Professor/Practitioner to Pundit: Risks to Legal Discourse from Social Media Legal Debate
Moderator
- Assoc. Dean Stephen Miller (@LandUseProf) – University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists
- Prof. Rachel Gurvich (@RachelGurvich) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
- Prof. Annemarie Bridy (@AnnemarieBridy) – University of Idaho College of Law
- Prof. Michèle Alexandre (@michelealexandr) – University of Mississippi School of Law
11:45–12:00 Break
12:00–1:15 Lunch & Keynote Panel ~ Lawyers & Social Media: The View from the Bench
Moderator
- Prof. Darren Bush – University of Houston Law Center
Panelists
- Hon. Eva Guzman (@JusticeGuzman) – Supreme Court of Texas
- Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack (@BridgetMaryMc) – Supreme Court of Michigan
- Hon. Emily Miskell (@emilymiskel) – 470th District Court, Collin County, Texas
- Hon. B. Lynn Winmill – United States District Court for the District of Idaho
- Hon. Candy Dale – United States District Court for the District of Idaho
1:15–1:30 Break
1:30–2:45 Panel 3 ~ Informing the Public: Twitter Law
Moderator
- Prof. Katherine Ball (@KatieBoiseUILAW) – University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists
- Jaime A. Santos (@Jaime_ASantos) – Attorney, Goodwin Law
- Prof. Anthony M. Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) – Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Melissa Davlin (@davlinnews) – Host & Producer, Idaho Public Television
- Betsy Russell (@BetsyZRussell) – Boise Bureau Chief, Idaho Press-Tribune
2:45–3:00 Break
3:00–4:15 Panel 4 ~ Debates & Controversy Over Social Media: Getting in Trouble
Moderator
- Prof. Sam Newton (@samuelpnewton) – University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists
- Prof. Katherine Macfarlane (@KatAMacfarlane)– University of Idaho College of Law
- Prof. Sarah Burstein (@design_law) – University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Prof. Agnieszka McPeak (@socmediaJD) – Duquesne University School of Law
4:15–4:30 Closing Remarks
- Spencer Tolson – Symposium Editor, Idaho Law Review
