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Know how to respond to ‘offensive’ speech involving faculty members, other employees
Author(s) -
McCarthy Claudine
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.40065
Subject(s) - offensive , guard (computer science) , first amendment , law , vice president , political science , civil rights , psychology , sociology , management , engineering , operations research , supreme court , computer science , economics , programming language
It certainly can be confusing to determine when campus employees’ speech qualifies for protection under the First Amendment versus when it crosses the line and can be squashed. To help clarify the issue, review the insights and guidance offered by William Thro, Esq., general counsel at the University of Kentucky; Will Creeley, Esq., senior vice president of legal and public advocacy with FIRE; Louis H. Guard, Esq., vice president and general counsel at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; and K.B. Melear, Ph.D., professor of higher education and affiliate faculty in the School of Law at the University of Mississippi. They spoke at Stetson University's National Conference on the Law & Higher Education.