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Faculty
Mark Obbie
Associate Professor, Magazine Journalism and Media Law
William Banks
Professor of Law
Keith Bybee
Associate Professor, Political Science
Sanjay Chhablani
Assistant Professor of Law
Lisa Dolak
Professor of Law
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Courses
News Perspectives on Crime, Courts and Justice
Fall 2007
One credit hour
Legally Speaking
Fall 2007
Segments in NEW 305 and NEW 405 classes
NEW 500: Law, Politics and Media
Spring 2008
Two credit hours
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Faculty
Besides teaching legal reporting courses and organizing lectures, the program’s faculty offer students advice on their studies and future careers. Which law-related courses on campus would help a future sports reporter? What types of jobs are available in covering crime, and what curriculum makes the most sense? What types of law would a technology writer need to know? We can help you sort out your options.

Director
Mark Obbie is director of the Carnegie Legal Reporting Program at the Newhouse School

Since 2004 he has been a full-time faculty member at Newhouse, teaching magazine editing, news reporting and writing, and media law. Professor Obbie has been a legal journalist for more than 25 years. Some of his most recent work has appeared in Inc. and Slate. Before he joined the Newhouse faculty, he was executive editor of The American Lawyer, the monthly magazine covering the most important lawyers and law firms in the world. At The American Lawyer, he was responsible for day to day newsroom management, editing all parts of the magazine, and recruiting new talent to the magazine's respected training program. In his career, he has managed a network of legal news Web sites, edited and published a weekly statewide legal newspaper in Texas, and covered cops, courts, and government for daily newspapers, including The Houston Post.

Read his CV and work samples on his Web site or click here to contact him.

Our Ties to the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media

Another new program on campus that’s closely allied with the Legal Reporting Program is the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media. IJPM is based at the College of Law and a collaborative effort between the Syracuse University College of Law, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

The Legal Reporting Program and the Institute frequently collaborate on lectures.

Carnegie Teaching Fellows
The program's 2007-08 teaching fellows are listed on the faculty list on the left of this page. The fellows, all Syracuse University professors, bring their particular expertise in the law, politics or journalism to our courses and to student advising.
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