Bob Dylan and the Law

Fordham University is hosting a conference on Bob Dylan and the Law.

Bob Dylan and the Law


Fordham Law School

April 4-5, 2011

Co-Sponsored by the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Touro Law School and the Fordham Urban Law Journal

Free and Open to the Public

April 4th McNally Amphitheater

6:00 PM: Welcome – Professor Bruce A. Green, Fordham Law School

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Corny O’Connell, Fordham Law Graduate and DJ with WFUV


Panelists:

Professor David Hajdu, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Professor Alex Long, University of Tennessee College of Law

Professor Abbe Smith, Georgetown Law School

7:00 PM: Performance of “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” and other Bob Dylan songs by The Kennedys


The academic portion of the conference will take place on April 5th and is by invitation only.


Contact: Jessi Tamayo

Telephone: 212-636-6988

Email: jtamayo@law.fordham.edu

For more on the law in Bob Dylan's work see the works below (not an exhaustive bibliography).

Idealawg: The Jurisprudence of Bob Dylan

Long, Alex B., [Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics In Legal Writing (published in volume 64, Washington and Lee Law Review (2007)). Hat tip to Legal Blog Watch