DVD 1 (1:17 min.)
Welcome and opening remarks, Gary Hengstler, Director, Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media

DVD 2 (9:09 min.)
Matt Cooper on being subpoenaed in the Valerie Plame case

DVD 3 (1:24 min.)
Matt Cooper on legal status based on equipment ownership

DVD 4 (2:28 min.)
Matt Cooper on shield law legislation

DVD 5 (1:23 min.)
Matt Cooper on dealing with sources now

DVD 6 (1:12 min.)
Ted Boutrous on why reporters’ confidentiality is sometimes needed

DVD 7 (0:54 min.)
Joseph E. diGenova on good–faith prosecution

DVD 8 (1:12 min.)
Joseph E. diGenova on absolute privilege

DVD 9 (0:48 min.)
Joseph E. diGenova on the Valerie Plame case

DVD 10 (4:24 min.)
Ted Boutrous and Joseph E. diGenova on waiver by source

DVD 11 (1:48 min.)
Joseph E. diGenova on Justice Department guidelines for dealing with the press

DVD 12 (0:46 min.)
Ted Boutrous on the Qualified Balancing Test for compelling testimony

DVD 13 (3:04 min.)
Joseph E. diGenova on who owns the privilege

DVD 14 (4:05 min.)
Judge Ernest Torres on the Taricani “myths”

DVD 15 (2:27 min.)
Kelli Sager on who owns the privilege

DVD 16 (7:59 min.)
Judge Ernest Torres, Vanessa Leggett, Judge Andre Davis and Stuart Karle on existing legal privileges

DVD 17 (1:17 min.)
Gene Policinski on the lack of research on the use of privilege

DVD 18 (2:37 min.)
Lucy Dalglish on the history of jury regulation

DVD 19 (Part 1 of 2) (5:29 min.)
Lucy Dalglish, Judge Karon Bowdre and Tony Mauro on juror privacy concerns in the Scrushy case

DVD 19 (Part 2 of 2) (5:39 min.)
Cont., Lucy Dalglish, Judge Karon Bowdre and Tony Mauro on juror privacy concerns in the Scrushy case

DVD 20 (2:23 min.)
Judge Karon Bowdre on media contacting jurors

DVD 21 (2:24 min.)
Gordon Kromberg and David Schulz on the quality of jury service

DVD 22 (2:15 min.)
Robert Deyling on electronic records accessibility

DVD 23 (4:03 min.)
Magistrate Ronald Hedges and David Sellers on rules regarding sealing cases in a federal district in New Jersey

DVD 24 (1:44 min.)
Kelli Sager on distinctions between electronic and paper access to records

DVD 25 (Part 1 of 2) (3:50 min.)
David Sellers and Paul McMasters on theoretical transparency in electronic access

DVD 25 (Part 2 of 2) (3:25 min.)
Cont., David Sellers and Paul McMasters on theoretical transparency in electronic access

DVD 26 (1:12 min.)
Bob Deyling on issues raised by electronic access

DVD 27 (0:54 min.)
Bruce Sanford on the ineffectiveness of gag orders

DVD 28 (2:49 min.)
Audience member, Judge Rick Distaso, Judge Terry Ruckriegle and Bruce Sanford on the filing of documents to circumvent gag orders

DVD 29 (1:35 min.)
Lucy Dalglish on unintended by–products of gag orders

DVD 30 (2:50 min.)
Bruce Sanford, Lucy Dalglish and Judge Rick Distaso on how cost is blocking some media to challenge restrictions

DVD 31 (3:32 min.)
Tom Hodson and Bruce Sanford on how the public learns about courts via coverage and opinion

DVD 32 (3:33 min.)
Judge Rick Distaso and Lucy Dalglish on gag orders in the Scott Peterson trial

DVD 33 (Part 1 of 2) (4:55 min.)
Henry Schuster and Judge Royce Lamberth on the FISA Court and its role

DVD 33 (Part 2 of 2) (5:12 min.)
Cont., Henry Schuster and Judge Royce Lamberth on the FISA Court and its role

DVD 34 (2:30 min.)
An audience member and Judge Royce Lamberth on FISA Court judges speaking to reporters

DVD 35 (3:13 min.)
An audience member, Henry Schuster and Jay Ward Brown on material witness usage to block media access

DVD 36 (7:39 min.)
Jay Ward Brown on access to information in the Moussaoui case

DVD 37 (1:09 min.)
Judge Hiller Zobel on the Von Bulow case and how sensationalism took over

IN DECEMBER of 2005, more than 100 noted judges, journalists, lawyers and court information officers from across the country gathered at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., for a two-day conference conducted by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media (RNCCM) and funded by a grant provided by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The conference brought together experts and practitioners in both the legal and journalistic communities to explore issues related to confidentiality and secrecy that often create conflict and dissension between the court system and the news media.

"Confidentiality in the Courts and the Media" was the fourth national conference sponsored by the National Judicial College (NJC) since 1996, and the third since the creation of the RNCCM in 2000. The mission of this conference was not only to explore the causes of the tension and conflict between the courts and the media in these cases, but also to help both have a greater understanding of and appreciation for each other. This DVD contains 37 segments from the conference.