LETTER (SANITIZED)

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November 16, 1978
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Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 STAT Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 Conference on Human Rights, Foreign PolioYand the M edla Sponsored by The Ford Foundation November 3, 4 and 5, 1978 The Henry Chauncey Conference Center Princeton, New Jersey .Telephone: (609) 921-36oo Educational Testing Service Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 Conference Agenda Friday, November 3 5 :oo p.m. 7:15 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Registration at Henry Chauncey Conference Center. Pick up conference materials at Information Desk. Cocktail Reception inn Main Lounge (Informal) Welcoming Dinner in Maim Dining Room Opening Remarks by David E. Bell and Fred W. Friendly Saturday, November 4 7:00 a.m. .Breakfast in Main Dining Room 8:45 a.m., Conferees assemble in "The Barn" 9:00 a.m. First Conference Session-Case Study I (Professor Schmidt) 12.:15 p.m. Lunch in Main Dining Room 1:30 p.m. Second Conference Session-Case Study II (Professor. Dcrshowitz) 4:00-7:00 p.m. FREE TIME 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception in Maui Lounge (Informal) 7:30 p.m. Donner in Main Dining Room g:oo p.m. The Emergency, Censorship and the Press in India: A Retrospective Soli J. Sorabjee and C. R. Irani Conferees reassemble in "The Barn" Sunday, November 5 7:00 a.m. Breakfast in Main Dining Room 9:00 a.m. Third Conference Session-Case Study III (Professor Franck) I2:oo noon Lunch in Main Dining Room Closing Remarks by McGeorge Bundy and Fred W. Friendly Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 -- Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 The Discussion Leaders BENNO C. SCHMIDT, JR., professor of law, Colunibia.University. Born, Washington, D.C. Education: B.A., Yale, 1963 and LL.13., Yale, 1966. Clerk to ChicfJustice Earl Warren, 1966-67; Special Assistant, Office of Legal Counsel; Department ofJustice, 1967-69. Joined Columbia Law School faculty, 1969. He has written various articles in law and journalism reviews on questions of press freedom, and his book Freedom of the Press vs. Public Access was published in 1976. At present, Professor Schmidt is at work on a volume of the Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has been a discussion,leadcr in previous media and the law conferences. ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, professor of law, Harvard University. Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. Education: B.A., Brooklyn College, 1969 and LL.B., Yale, 1962. Clerk to Chief Judge David Bazclon, 1962-63; .Clerk to Mr. Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, 1963-64. Joined Harvard Law School faculty, 1964. He has co-authored two books on criminal law and psychoanalysis, psychiatry and the law. Professor Dershowitz was a contributor to Courts of Terror by Telford Taylor. He was a discussion leader in a pilot conference on human rights. THOMAS M. FRANCK, professor of law, New York University. Born, Berlin, Germany. Education: B.A., University of British Columbia, 1952 and LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1953. LL.M., Harvard, 1954 and S.J.D., Harvard, 1959. Joined New York University Law School faculty, 196o; Director of the University's Center for International Studies, 1965 to date. He has served as Director of the Carnegie Endowment's Inter- national Law Program for the past five years. Professor Franck has written extensively in the field of law and public/foreign policy. He was awarded the Christopher Medal in 1976 for his book Resignation and Protest. SOLI J. SORABJEE, Additional Solicitor-General of India, appeared in cases dealing with freedom of the press and pre-censorship during the Emergency. He is author of The Law of Press Censorship in India published. in 1976. C. R. IRANI, Managing Director, The Statesman, Calcutta; Trustee, The International -Press Institute. DAVID E. BELL, Executive Vice President and Vice President, International Division, The Ford Foundation. FRED W. FRIENDLY, Advisor on Communications, The Ford Foundation; Edward R. Murrow Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. . Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 ---- - Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9 Iq Next 13 Page(s) In Document Denied STAT Approved For Release 2009/05/06: CIA-RDP05T00644R000300850037-9