Event Title
A "Fred Friendly" Roundtable
Description
Taking a different approach from the other panels in the Court of Public Opinion Conference, participants in the roundtable role-played their way through a hypothetical (though familiar-sounding) legal issue involving alleged sexual assault by a student athlete, sensitive issues of race and class, and high profile media attention.
Moderator Jack Ford, a TV news veteran, assigns roles including defense attorney, District Attorney, reporter, and Chancellor to a large panel, and asks them to examine their various obligations and choices when faced with the unfolding controversy.
Questions/themes/discussion topics
- When and how should university officials publicly address criminal investigations involving students?
- Do in-house investigations by universities of alleged criminal acts by students affect those students' constitutional rights?
- How should university officials balance the rights of accused students with the safety of the rest of the student body?
- Television news's reliance on personality over expertise
- Public statements by prosecutors and defense counsel
Date
9-28-2007 12:15 PM
A "Fred Friendly" Roundtable
Taking a different approach from the other panels in the Court of Public Opinion Conference, participants in the roundtable role-played their way through a hypothetical (though familiar-sounding) legal issue involving alleged sexual assault by a student athlete, sensitive issues of race and class, and high profile media attention.
Moderator Jack Ford, a TV news veteran, assigns roles including defense attorney, District Attorney, reporter, and Chancellor to a large panel, and asks them to examine their various obligations and choices when faced with the unfolding controversy.
Questions/themes/discussion topics
- When and how should university officials publicly address criminal investigations involving students?
- Do in-house investigations by universities of alleged criminal acts by students affect those students' constitutional rights?
- How should university officials balance the rights of accused students with the safety of the rest of the student body?
- Television news's reliance on personality over expertise
- Public statements by prosecutors and defense counsel
