Common Exceptions to Free Speech: Lunch and Learn about the First Amendment

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    February 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    2022-02-15T12:00:00-05:00
    2022-02-15T13:30:00-05:00
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    Common Exceptions to Free Speech: Lunch and Learn about the First Amendment

    While the First Amendment protects our right to free speech, that protection is not absolute. This course will introduce students to common exceptions to our right to free speech and explore the seminal cases that helped shape the boundaries of First Amendment protection. Students will be introduced to the legal concepts of incitement, libel, obscenity, and threatening speech, among others.

    Instructor: Justin Silverman is executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition. He is a Massachusetts-based attorney and former journalist and publisher. Justin is an adjunct professor at the University of Maine School of Law and New England Law Boston.