Columbus School of Law

Susanna F. Fischer is Assistant Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America. Formerly a barrister practicing media law in London, England, she teaches and writes on cyberlaw, intellectual property law, and media law from a comparative law perspective. She is the author of recent articles published in the George Washington International Law Review and the Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law as well as a forthcoming book review of Lawrence Lessig's The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World in the CommLaw Conspectus.

William J. Wagner is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion at the Catholic University of America. In addition to his degree in law, he holds a doctorate in theology. His thesis was on The Normative Role of Basic Goods in the Natural Law Jurisprudence of John Finnis. He teaches and writes in the fields of constitutional law, comparative law, contracts, and jurisprudence. He has been a resident Fulbright research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Public International and Comparative Law in Heidelberg. His publications include The Contractual Reallocation of Procreative Resources and Parental Rights (1995).

The Symposium is open to the public and free of charge. Parking is free. The symposium site is less than a five minute walk from the Brookland/CUA stop of Metro's Red line which is two stops from the United States Supreme Court. For further information and to reserve seating, please contact Mrs. Constantia Dedoulis: tel. (202)319-6081, fax (202)319-4004, and e-mail dedoulis@law.edu.