January 28, 1998 Contact: Ann Marie Deer Owens (615) 322-2706 annmarie.owens@vanderbilt.edu

Media Advisory

The Vanderbilt University Law School will host a panel discussion about the current investigation of the Clinton administration at noon Thursday, Jan. 29, in Room 131 of the Law Building. "Privacy, Politics & the President: An Open Forum for the Vanderbilt Community on the Legal, Media and Ethical Issues of the Current White House Crisis" is co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Law School and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt. The discussion, which is open to the media, will conclude by 1 p.m.

Panelists will include:

• Susan Kay, professor of the practice of law at Vanderbilt who teaches ethics and criminal procedure and a criminal attorney;
• Nancy King, professor of law at Vanderbilt who teaches criminal law and procedure;
• Ken Paulson, executive director of the First Amendment Center, attorney and former newspaper editor;
• Bill Phillips, chief of staff for Vanderbilt University Relations and former chief of staff for the Republican National Committee;
• Michael Schoenfeld, vice chancellor for media relations at Vanderbilt and former senior vice president for policy and public affairs at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The discussion will be moderated by Kent Syverud, dean of the Vanderbilt Law School.

For more information, contact Ann Marie Deer Owens at (615) 322-2706.

-VU-

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