Brian C. Murchison

Professional Activities

March 2-3, 2012 – W&L Institute for Honor.  Lecture, “New Media, Old Media, and Media In Between:   Variations in First Amendment Disputes”

2010 – present: Member, Editorial Board, Media and Arts Law Review, published by the Centre for Media and Communications Law, Melbourne Law School.

Nov.–Dec. 2009: Visiting Scholar, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia. Guest of Centre for Media and Communications Law. Presented paper, “Blogging and Anonymity” at seminars for media law specialists in Sydney and Melbourne, Nov. 17-18, 2009. Also participated as panelist in program on “The Future of Breach of Confidence,” University of Melbourne Law School, Dec. 2, 2009.
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2008-present: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Civil Litigation, quarterly Law Review published by Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA).

July 2007:  Research Visitor, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia.  Guest of The Centre for Media and Communications Law.  Presented paper, "The Fact/Conjecture Distinction in U.S. Libel Law: Four Problems," at seminars for media law specialists in Sydney and Melbourne.

Member, American Law Institute.