SST 295-01 - Special Topic: Protecting Free Speech: The Rule of Law and The Role of Lawyers

1 credits (Spring)

Creating a right to privacy. Protecting national security while maintaining free and robust media. These are problems students in this short course will analyze, debate, and try to resolve (hypothetically). They are some of the hardest issues currently confronting our country. The goal of this course is to give students an understanding of the Rule of Law, and the roles of lawyers, in protecting privacy and security, without stifling freedom of the press. We examine the process by which each substantive issue is matched with an applicable rule, and consider how application of the rule leads to a satisfactory conclusion. The course concludes with a dramatization in which students read roles of various participants in the Free Speech debate, and attempt to come up with some resolutions of their own.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates April 7 to April 23. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Nixon