Since the First Amendment was written, there has been vigorous discussion, and often vehement disagreement, about exactly what “free speech” does, and should, mean. Increasingly, campuses are where the debate over free speech boils over. 

Universities — and law schools — aspire to be laboratories for knowledge, a place where ideas and debate about those ideas flow freely. And yet, free speech can also cause great harm. What should free speech look like on campus? Should universities impose limits, and should they punish students who violate those restrictions? 

In this episode, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, talk about how universities and law schools can navigate these situations without compromising the larger principle of free speech. 

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More Just from Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems. 

The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter. 

For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law podcast hub.

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