Freedom of expression

The University of Chicago is at the forefront of a national conversation about freedom of speech and expression on college campuses. A 2015 report by a committee of UChicago faculty members articulated the University’s “overarching commitment to free, robust, and uninhibited debate and deliberation among all members of the University’s community.” The report has become a model for universities and colleges across the world.

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Free Speech Forum

Faculty discuss meaning of free speech for the University, its students and its faculty in an event organized by Provost Thomas Rosenbaum.

In Defense of Academic Freedom

Two panels on academic freedom, chaired by Tariq Ali, editor of Verso Books and New Left Review.The growing evidence of outside interference in the hiring process at universities and the recent tenure denials at DePaul University, has prompted leading ...

Genevieve Lakier

Title: Professor of Law

Expertise: Freedom of expression, Speech

Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/lakier

Mary Anne Case

Title: Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law

Expertise: First Amendment

Departmental website: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/case/

David Strauss

Title: Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law

Expertise: U.S. Presidency, Supreme Court, Freedom of expression, Segregation, Affirmative action

Departmental website: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/strauss/