2025 Symposium Schedule
Agenda for the Elon Law Review’s 2025 Symposium
September 19, 2025
9 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
- Zak Kramer, Dean and Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law
- Yates May L’25, Cameron Riordan L’25 and Saniya Pangare L’25, Elon Law Review Symposium Editors
- Anna Thomas L’25, Elon Law Review Editor-in-Chief
9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion: First Amendment Litigation
Moderated by Enrique Armijo, Professor of Law, Elon Law
- Amanda Martin, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, First Amendment Clinic of Duke University School of Law
- Evan Ringel, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Appalachian State University
- Lauren Gailey, Assistant Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
10:45 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
“The Great Scramble: How 20 Years of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence has Changed Politics, Society, and Free Speech”
- Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies and Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship, University of Virginia
Noon
Lunch Break
1 p.m.
Panel: Free Speech and the Press
Moderated by Patricia Perkins, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law, Elon Law
- Justice (ret.) John G. Browning, Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
- Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation & Law Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
- Israel Balderas, Assistant Professor of Journalism, School of Communications at Elon University
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Social Media, Censorship and AI
Moderated by David Levine, Professor of Law, Elon Law
- Jeff Horwitz, Tech Investigations Reporter, Reuters
- Lee Rainie, Director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University
4:15 p.m.
Adjourn & Closing Remarks
- Yates May L’25, Chief Symposium Editor