The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic successfully challenged a contempt order that indefinitely restrained our client’s online speech.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic held a reunion for former students, legal fellows, and longtime clinic collaborators. This was the first such gathering since the Clinic launched in the Fall of 2020. People traveled from as far away as New York and Colorado to reconnect with what several described as their most formative experience at UGA Law.
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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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Clinic students litigated court cases, delivered presentations and trainings, and contributed to the public conversation on First Amendment rights.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic argued for summary judgment on behalf of Avid Bookshop LLC, challenging the constitutionality of the Gwinnett County Jail’s mail policy that bars physical bookstores from shipping books to Jail residents. Carly Judenberg (2L) and Clinic Legal Fellow Christina Lee presented the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic scores court victory in challenging a municipality’s online speech restrictions.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic successfully challenged Bacon County School District’s restrictive policies governing public comment at School Board meetings. Pursuant to a settlement finalized in January 2026, , community members now have access to address the Board free from viewpoint discrimination and obstructive procedural hoops.
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The UGA First Amendment Clinic added four new litigation cases to its free expression docket.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic filed a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of multiple free speech and free press organizations urging the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a permanent injunction of Puerto Rico’s false information law. The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating “false” notices or alarms during any state-declared emergency or disaster. The brief emphasizes how similar laws in other countries have become tools for suppressing legitimate news reporting and citizen dissent.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic successfully challenged a contempt order that indefinitely restrained our client’s online speech.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic held a reunion for former students, legal fellows, and longtime clinic collaborators. This was the first such gathering since the Clinic launched in the Fall of 2020. People traveled from as far away as New York and Colorado to reconnect with what several described as their most formative experience at UGA Law.
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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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Clinic students litigated court cases, delivered presentations and trainings, and contributed to the public conversation on First Amendment rights.
Keep Reading
The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic argued for summary judgment on behalf of Avid Bookshop LLC, challenging the constitutionality of the Gwinnett County Jail’s mail policy that bars physical bookstores from shipping books to Jail residents. Carly Judenberg (2L) and Clinic Legal Fellow Christina Lee presented the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic scores court victory in challenging a municipality’s online speech restrictions.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic successfully challenged Bacon County School District’s restrictive policies governing public comment at School Board meetings. Pursuant to a settlement finalized in January 2026, , community members now have access to address the Board free from viewpoint discrimination and obstructive procedural hoops.
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The UGA First Amendment Clinic added four new litigation cases to its free expression docket.
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The University of Georgia School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic filed a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of multiple free speech and free press organizations urging the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a permanent injunction of Puerto Rico’s false information law. The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating “false” notices or alarms during any state-declared emergency or disaster. The brief emphasizes how similar laws in other countries have become tools for suppressing legitimate news reporting and citizen dissent.
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