News & Media

Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins presented virtually on public defenders’ First Amendment rights when speaking to the media as part of a panel titled “Speaking Truth, Staying Ethical” at the National Association for Public Defense conference titled “Rise. Resist. Represent. 2026.”

Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was a featured guest speaker on the “First Amendment Litigation Panel” during Clemson University’s Lectures in Law and Humanities Series in March 2026. She co-presented with Gabe Walters, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins moderated the panel “Drinking from a F.O.I. Firehose: Barriers to Timely Records Fulfillment” at the 35th annual Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference in February 2026. 

Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins twice featured in The Wall Street Journal.

Legal Fellow Christina Lee recently published an article and was interviewed for a podcast, both on SLANDERTOWN.com, about actor Justin Baldoni’s defamation lawsuits against his co-star Blake Lively and the New York Times. Lee was also a guest panelist for the Media Law Resource Center’s February 18, 2025 Zoom discussion about the litigation.

Clinic director Clare R. Norins moderated a panel discussion on “Identifying and Addressing Current Threats to Journalism” at the Association of American Law Schools 2025 Annual Meeting.

First Amendment Clinic director Clare R. Norins and clinic alum Mark L. Bailey (JD ’22) critique the Supreme Court’s new state action test in Stitch Incoming: Lindke v. Freed’s Impact on Social-Media-Blocking Litigation, 82 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online 172 (2024).

The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to share news of its largest gift in history – a $5 million donation from the Stanton Foundation to support the ongoing operations of the First Amendment Clinic.

Student journalists in Georgia are advocating for state-level protections for First Amendment freedoms.

First Amendment Clinic Director Clare Norins presented on Georgia’s Open Records Act and Open Meetings Act to journalists from 17 countries participating in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins spoke on two panels during the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Clinical Legal Education Conference.

In Spring 2024, Clinic students and fellows published op-eds in support of
First Amendment freedoms and government accountability.