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Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights

Lessons in censorship catherine j ross


Catherine J. Ross is a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School where she is a constitutional law expert specializing in the First Amendment as well as family law and the legal and policy issues affecting children and families.

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Catherine j ross lessons in censorship


Education

Ross received her BA, PhD, and JD from Yale University.

Free speech in public schools

Ross advocates for censorship-free public schools. Ross in 2015 published Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights. The Newseum in 2015 held an event, "The First Amendment and Students: Speak Up or Shut Up?" with Ross on her research and book. In 2016, C-SPAN covered "The Constitution on Campus: The Contested Boundaries of Free Speech" held at GW Law focusing on free speech issues on college campuses. Also in 2016, C-SPAN BookTV covered the Cato Institute's "Lessons In Censorship" featuring Ross and her book.

Books

  • Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press, 2015).
  • Contemporary Family Law, 3rd ed (with Douglas E. Abrams, Naomi R. Cahn, & David D. Meyer; Thomson West, 2012).
  • America's Children at Risk: An Agenda for Legal Action (report of the ABA Working Groups on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children and their Families; American Bar Association Press, 1993).
  • Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action (Oxford University Press, 1980; co-editor with George Gerbner and Edward Zigler).
  • References

    Catherine J. Ross Wikipedia