Students, schools and free speech in the age of the Internet was the theme of the 2011 First Amendment Conference, held Oct. 24, 2011 at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford. The annual conference, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, drew students from Conard High School in West Hartford, Stonington High School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.
ACLU-CT board member Don Noel acted as moderator, and Quinnipiac Law Professor Martin Margulies was the keynote speaker.
ACLU-CT board member Anne Hamilton speaks with students about their assigned case, Wisniewski v. Weedsport Central School District
ACLU-CT volunteer John Sherfinsky talks to students about their assigned case, J.C. v Beverly Hills Unified School District, during a breakout session.
Volunteer lawyers (from left, Anna Keegan, Lowell Tillett, Mario Cerame and Melvin Kelley) address student jurists during a mock trial.
