2/1/2010

Stuart Benjamin was featured on C-Span’s The Communicators on January 30. The program will be rebroadcast on Monday, February 1, at 8 p.m. on C-Span 2.

As posted on cspan.org, “Stuart Benjamin is the FCC's first in-house Scholar in Residence and joins us to offer a philosophical perspective to policy issues. Mr. Benjamin explains his research and thinking to several matters currently being examined, including the use of digital spectrum to provide for broadband expansion and First Amendment issues.”

The FCC announced Stuart Benjamin’s appointment in a December 10 press release, excerpts of which follow:

Stuart Benjamin will be joining the Commission as the agency’s first Distinguished Scholar in Residence. He will reside in the Office of Strategic Planning and will work on spectrum reform, First Amendment issues, and long-term strategy.

...“These talented individuals have extensive experience in the private sector, the academy, and the public sector, including here at the FCC,” said Chairman Genachowski. “I look forward to drawing on their expertise as the Commission pursues smart, fact-based policies that protect and empower consumers, promote competition, and maximize innovation and investment.”

Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Office of Strategic Planning, Stuart Benjamin.
Professor Benjamin is on leave from Duke Law School, where he is the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law. He specializes in telecommunications law, the First Amendment, and administrative law. Before teaching law, Professor Benjamin clerked for Justice David H. Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court; worked as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice; worked as an associate with Professor Laurence Tribe; and served as a staff attorney for the Legal Resources Centre in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He is co-author of Telecommunications Law and Policy (1st ed. 2001, 2nd ed. 2006), has written numerous law review articles, and has provided testimony to the Senate as a legal expert. He received his J.D. and B.A. from Yale.