awarded a $112,000 grant to 杏吧视频 School of Law鈥檚 to support its recently launched First Amendment and the Arts (FAA) project, a new law lab offering students curriculum and experience with the evolving relationship between free speech and intellectual property.
杏吧视频 law Professor Craig Nard, who directs the Spangenberg Center, and Adjunct Professor Patrick Kabat, a First Amendment lawyer with the Chicago-based international law firm Dentons, conceived and initiated the FAA project, a pilot program begun last fall.
鈥淭he FAA at 杏吧视频 Law School aspires, through legal advocacy and institutional partnerships, to serve as a beacon for the First Amendment in the Midwest and a regional hub for First Amendment advocacy,鈥 Nard said.
The FAA lab鈥檚 eight students examined four different emerging issues:
Frank Stanton
The one-year grant will provide a full-time fellow to coordinate FAA projects, support a part-time faculty member and cover administrative and overhead expenses. The grant will help the lab build relationships with Cleveland-area institutions.
"The lab is really student-driven,鈥 Kabat said. 鈥淚 want them to work on cases that they are passionate about, whether music, art, video games, the tech industry or any facet of social or cultural expression that moves them."
In addition, FAA hosts an informal 鈥淔irst Amendment Pub鈥 on Fridays, with freelance journalists, museum curators, local filmmakers, photographers and other professionals in Cleveland who have experienced First Amendment constraints, ranging from intellectual property concerns to limitations on access to newsworthy information.
鈥淐leveland鈥檚 thriving creative community makes it an ideal home for a project designed to support the legal needs of a wide range of artists, creators and makers,鈥 added Professor Aaron Perzanowski, associate director of the Spangenberg Center.
The Stanton Foundation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a private foundation established by the late Frank Stanton, a long-time president of CBS. Among the foundation鈥檚 areas of philanthropic focus are supporting the First Amendment and creating a more informed citizenry.
- A leading museum's upcoming 鈥渁ppropriation art鈥 exhibits;
- Unsealing practices in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio as part of a 鈥淩eport for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press鈥 that will result in a formal proposal to an amendment to the court鈥檚 local rules;
- A dispute over the constitutionality of a tax regime that privileges certain musical genres over others;
- Freedom of Information Act issues facing a local author in connection with an upcoming book on the history of race relations in Cleveland policing.
Frank Stanton
The one-year grant will provide a full-time fellow to coordinate FAA projects, support a part-time faculty member and cover administrative and overhead expenses. The grant will help the lab build relationships with Cleveland-area institutions.
"The lab is really student-driven,鈥 Kabat said. 鈥淚 want them to work on cases that they are passionate about, whether music, art, video games, the tech industry or any facet of social or cultural expression that moves them."
In addition, FAA hosts an informal 鈥淔irst Amendment Pub鈥 on Fridays, with freelance journalists, museum curators, local filmmakers, photographers and other professionals in Cleveland who have experienced First Amendment constraints, ranging from intellectual property concerns to limitations on access to newsworthy information.
鈥淐leveland鈥檚 thriving creative community makes it an ideal home for a project designed to support the legal needs of a wide range of artists, creators and makers,鈥 added Professor Aaron Perzanowski, associate director of the Spangenberg Center.
The Stanton Foundation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a private foundation established by the late Frank Stanton, a long-time president of CBS. Among the foundation鈥檚 areas of philanthropic focus are supporting the First Amendment and creating a more informed citizenry.
