Paul Siegel - Communication Law

Paul Siegel is professor of communication at the University of Hartford. He has been teaching course work in media law for well over 20 years-- at American University, Catholic University, Gallaudet University, George Mason University, Illinois State University, Tulane University, the University of Missouri, and the University of North Carolina. He has also published dozens of book chapters and law review and communication journal articles on various subjects related to communication law--libel, invasion of privacy, copyright, and mandatory access technologies (such as closed captioning and video description services). In the early 1980s Siegel was the founding Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri. Since then he has served on the ACLU's board of directors in Illinois, the DC area, and Connecticut. Currently Siegel serves as president of the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA).