• Reason conference, Charleston, S.C. (April 5, 2008; 11 a.m.)
  • Topic: Three Felonies A Day: Federal Targeting of Honest Citizens

Recent Events

• Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (March 12, 2008; 8 p.m.)
  • Topic: The death of free speech, parody, and vigorous debate on campus: Why has it happened, and what is to be done? (audio of speech available here)
• Anti-Defamation League, Legal Conference, New York (February 26, 2008; 6 p.m.)
  • Topic: Panel discussion on restrictions on free speech on college campuses
• "Opinion Journalism" class, Suffolk University (February 21, 2008; time T.B.A.)
  • Topic: Freedom of speech and opinion journalism (guest lecture for class taught by Joan Vennochi)
• Duke Law School Federalist Society (February 4, 2008; 12:15 p.m.)
  • Topic: The Death of Parody on College Campuses and other tales from the academic graveyard
• Simmons College, We The People Institute (August 7, 2007)
  • Topic: What rights does the Bill of Rights protect?.
• Cambridge Forum, WGBH Radio (April 25, 2007; 7:30 p.m.)
  • Topic: Habeas Corpus and the Military Commissions Act.
• Seton Hall Law School Federalist Society, Newark, NJ (March 29, 2007; noon - 2 pm)
  • Topic: Free speech in the Age of Terror.
• Social Law Library's panel discussion at John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, in the Social Law Library (March 7, 2007; 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm)
  • Topic: "Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government" (confirmed co-panelists: U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris & Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried).
• National Scholars Association Conference, Boston Marriot Cambridge (2:15 - 4:45 pm), Cambridge, MA (November 18, 2006)
  • Topic: "Relative advantages of litigation versus mobilization of public opinion in changing university policy" 
• Dunster House Law Table, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (November 15, 2006; 6 - 7:30 pm)
  • Topic: "Sensitivity training on college campuses"
• New England Law School Federalist Society, Boston, MA (November 2, 2006; 4 - 6 pm)
  • Topic: "Griswold v. Driscoll"  
• Harvard Law School GOP, Cambridge, MA (October 5, 2006; 6 - 7:30 pm)
  • Topic: "The death of parody at Harvard Law School, and other academic freedom atrocities"  
• First Amendment Lawyers' Association Conference, Boston (August 5)
  •  Topic: "Free speech on campus"  
• Emergency Town Meeting (4-6 pm), Newton, MA (Sunday, March 5, 2006), with Congressman Barney Frank and ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose
  • Topic: "The Top Ten Myths about the NSA's warrantless surveillance program" 
• Duke Federalist Society, Duke Law School (noon-1pm; Room 4050 of the Duke Law School), Durham, NC (November 18, 2005)
  • Topic: "Lawrence Summers, the Death of Parody, and Other Academic Freedom Catastrophes at Harvard (and Nearly Everywhere Else)" 
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education 5th Anniversary Celebration(7pm), Philadelphia, PA (November 5, 2005)
  • Introduction of Dorothy Rabinowitz
• New England Appellate Judges Conference, John Adams Courthouse (November 4, 2005)
  • Topic: "Harassment, Parody, and Patriotic (& Unpatriotic) Gore: Tensions between Academic Freedom and Proper Governance of Student & Faculty Speech at Colleges & Universities" Harvey's speech can be accessed here and his longer article about the topic can be accessed here.
• Rockford College, Rockford, IL (November 1, 2005)
  • Topic: Debate with Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby about the PATRIOT ACT and its effect on civil liberties
• Massachusetts Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, location TBA (September 20, 2005 at 4pm)
  • Topic: Debate with Michael Avery on the impact of the PATRIOT ACT on civil liberties
• The CATO Institute's 4th Annual Constitution Day Symposium, Washington D.C. (September 14, 2005; 2:15-3:30pm)
  • Topic: Panel discussion on "Crime and Punishment: Overcriminalization, Sentencing, and the Fedeal Perspective; See http://www.cato.org/events/const_day/program.html
• ACLU Biennial Conference in New Orleans, LA (July 21, 2005)
  • Topic: Economic and Social Justice as Civil Liberties Issues
  • Harvey appeared with two other civil libertarians on the panel. Keynote address by former UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson.
  • More information available at http://www.aclu.org/About/About.cfm?ID=18031&c=296
• Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN (April 15, 2005)
  • Topic: Is academic freedom truly curtailed when speech codes promote civility, diversity or freedom from "harassment" and "hate speech"?
• Massachusetts Association of Scholars Meeting at Boston University School of Education, Boston, MA (May 1, 2005 at 7pm)
  • Topic: Drawing Lines on Academic Freedom - The Eruptions at Harvard, Columbia, and Colorado
  • Lecture to be presented at BU School of Management, 495 Commonwealth Ave., Room 424
• Northeastern University, Boston, MA (March 16, 2005)
  • Topic: The PATRIOT ACT and its effect on advocacy speech
• University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL (Oct. 29, 2004)
  • Topic: Academic freedom: Are double-standards destroying fairness and free speech on university campuses today?
  • For more information, see the web sites for the University of Alabama Law School and the Federalist Society .
• Young Lawyers Group of Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) (Nov. 3, 2004)
  • Topic: The Legal Ramifications of Sept. 11
  • Panel Discussion to be held at the law offices of McDermott Will & Emery in Boston
• Cleveland-Marshall School of Law, Cleveland, OH (Nov. 18, 2004)
  • Topic: How our universities are engaging in thought-reform programs without admitting it
• Society of American Archivists conference, Boston (August 5, 2004)
  • Topic: Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act and other anti-terrorism measures on archivists
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (October 7, 2003)
  • Title: "Free speech on college campuses, before and after 9/11"
  • Sponsor: Dartmouth ACLU
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY, New York, NY (October 24, 2003)
  • Event: "Torture After 9/11" conference
  • See this link for more information.
• Delaware University, Newark, DL (October 30, 2003)
  • Title: "Free speech on campus: Has September 11 really 'changed everything'?"
  • Sponsor: Delaware Association of Scholars
• AS220, Providence, RI (November 4, 2003, 5:30 - 7:00 pm)
  • Title: "Sacco and Vanzetti on the Heels of the Red Scare: Racial Profiling Loyalty tests and Censorship" (panel discussion)
  • Event: "Action Speaks" conference
  • Archived audio broadcast is available at the Action Speaks web site
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (November 13, 2003)
  • Title: "The war on terror: How it's affected free speech on and off campus"
  • Event: Dunster House Law Table
  • Location: Dunster House, Harvard University
  • Time: 6:30 - 7:45 pm
• MIT/Radio With a View (December 2, 2003)
  • Topic: "How the Department of Justice is seeking to squelch free speech in the name of war on terrorism."
  • Audio links will be posted following the broadcast.
• Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St., Harvard Square (March 3, 2004)
  • Topic: Censorship: Left, Right & Center
  • Co-hosted with Wendy Kaminer
  • Guests: Jeremy McKeen, Dan Tapia, and Laura Openshaw
• Wheaton College (March 4, 2004)
  • Lecture on freedom of expression for "Cultural wars on campus" class, taught by Prof. Gerald Zuriff
• Elon University (March 15, 2004)
  • Debate vs. Jeff Jacoby (Boston Globe columnist) on free speech after 9/11