The nation's leading authorities on the legal issues of cyberspace will meet from Friday, Nov. 3, through Saturday, Nov. 4, at the University of Chicago Law School. As the use of computer-based environments such as the Internet develops, complex legal questions arise. The conference will examine the evolving law governing electronic communication, including privacy, property and freedom of speech. The conference is sponsored by the University of Chicago Legal Forum, a student-edited journal. Research papers presented will be used in the next edition of the Forum.
All panel discussions are free and open to the public.
Clinton adviser Irving, assistant secretary for communications and information at the U.S. Department of Commerce and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will open the conference with a keynote address at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3. Irving is Clinton's principal adviser on domestic and international communications and information issues. He represents the executive branch before Congress, federal agencies and foreign governments and organizations. The panels will be moderated by University Provost Geoffrey Stone and Professors Lessig and Kenneth Dam. Larry Irving, assistant secretary for communications and information at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.