Each year, Michigan State University College of Law hosts several internationally acclaimed experts for engaged public discussions with the Dean. The presentations are spaced throughout the academic year and organized around a topic of current intellectual interest. For the 2024–2025 academic year, the series will focus on Free Expression and Democracy Today.
University of Chicago
Campus Speech, Protest and Role of the University in Our Democracy
Monday, September 30, 2024
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, Professor of Political Science & Faculty Director of the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, University of Chicago . Professsor Tom Ginsburg will join the "Dean's Speaker Series: Free Expression and Democracy Today" with his talk "Campus Speech, Protest and the Role of the University in our Democracy".
Former Associate Attorney General
Protecting Civil Rights in Our Democracy
Monday, October 21, 2024
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
United States Associate Attorney General, 2021-2024, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Vanita Gupta will join the "Dean's Speaker Series: Free Expression and Democracy Today" with her talk "Protecting Civil Rights in Our Democracy". This event is co-hosted with the Kelley Institute of Ethics and James Madison College.
UC Davis
The War on Social Media: TikTok, Meta, and the Regulation of Digital Speech
Monday, January 27, 2025
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Davis. Professor Ashutosh Bhagwat will join the "Dean's Speaker Series: Free Expression and Democracy Today with his talk "The War on Social Media: TikTok, Meta, and the Regulation of Digital Speech."
UVA Law
Privacy, Free expression, and Civil Rights in a Digital Age
Monday, March 10, 2025
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law & Director, LawTech Center, University of Virginia School of Law Professor Danielle Citron will join the "Dean's Speaker Series: Free Expression and Democracy Today" with her talk "Privacy, Free expression, and Civil Rights in a Digital Age".