The Audio-Visual Coverage of Judicial Proceedings: Laws, Policy, and Tech

This program will offer the history of cameras in the courts in New York State. The program takes a look back at the causes of the original prohibition; the contours of the experimental law that, for about a decade, opened proceedings in New York’s trial courts to the media; and offer two comprehensive evaluations of the experimental law. The program also sets forth the findings of a new and comprehensive survey of the variety of laws and the policies of all fifty states and the District of Columbia concerning audiovisual coverage of proceedings in courtrooms. The program discusses recent legislation to permit cameras in the courts and will provide the pros and the cons for audiovisual coverage from the perspective of practicing lawyers, litigants, the court system, and the First Amendment. It also touches on the impact of modern technology.  

Speakers

Susan C. Bryant, Esq., New York State Defenders Association 

Justin Harrison, Esq., ACLU of New York 

Diane Kennedy, New York News Publishers Association

Dan Novack, Esq., Penguin Random House

Sean Nuttall, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender

Mickey H. Osterreicher, Esq, National Press Photographers Association



Moderator

Michael C. Miller, Esq., Fund for Modern Courts