Mission

  • To promote the critical use and analysis of law-genre documentaries in the legal academy.
  • To examine the role of lawyering in the creative process by which documentary films are made.
  • To promote the production and myriad uses of visual legal advocacy.

Featured Research

Pervasive Image Capture and the First Amendment: Memory, Discourse, and the Right to Record
Seth F. Kreimer
159 U. Pa. L. Rev. 335 (2011)
Abstract | Paper
Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger and the Future of the Journalists' Privilege for Documentary Filmmaker
Tom Isler
160 U. Pa. Law Rev. 865 (2012)
Abstract | Paper

Events

April 18, 2012
The 2012 Rough Cut Video Festival
6:30 pm | 3501 Sansom Street
CLE credits available (credits TBA)
Please RSVP here or contact Anna Gavin at agavin@law.upenn.edu for more information.