Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has been defending free speech — as a scholar, educator, and administrator — for decades. Recently, he joined Michelle Deutchman, the executive director of the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, for an episode of the center’s podcast, “Speech Matters.” They discussed how to foster and protect free speech on campuses, along with Howard Gillman, chancellor of the University of California at Irvine. Chemerinsky and Gillman are co-chairs of the center’s national advisory board and wrote the book Free Speech on Campus together. 

Other episodes of the “Speech Matters” are available wherever you get your podcasts. 

Full transcript available here.

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“More Just”: Free Speech on Campus

Op-Ed: Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Hecklers Get to Shut Down Campus Debate, Washington Post

Q&A: The Free Speech-Hate Speech Trade-Off, New York Times

Resource Materials from the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

• Speech Matters 2022: Safeguarding Democracy

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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. 

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