Primary Goals
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in freedom of expression law as applied and practiced outside of the United States
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the issues of practice that infuse free speech litigation advocacy: marshalling evidence of free speech violations for legal proceedings; statutory and regulatory analysis; the relationship between national and international law, the importance of factors such as forum, governing law, legal and popular culture in undertaking strategic human rights litigation.
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the ethical considerations for advocates appearing in, or journalists covering, freedom of expression cases.
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in skills in oral advocacy; legal writing and drafting, legal research, working collaboratively, case theory and litigation strategy.