Clinical Associate Professor and First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins presented at the 2026 American Association of Law School’s Clinical Legal Education Conference. The presentation, titled “First Principles: No Democracy Without Freedom of Speech,” explored how protecting individual expressive freedoms is foundational to participatory governance at the local and state level. Norins was joined by fellow First Amendment clinic directors from Arizona State, Duke and Vanderbilt.
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Free Speech
The First Amendment protects the right of private individuals to engage in speech and expression without being censored or punished by the government because of their viewpoint. While the government may constitutionally regulate the time, place, and manner of private speech in public forums it must do so in a viewpoint-neutral manner and, depending on…
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