Center for the First Amendment

Courses and Seminars

The following is a list of courses offered during the current and two previous academic years. Numbers in parentheses indicate which academic year(s) the courses were offered, i.e., 2020-21 is coded (21), 2021-22 is coded (22) and 2022-23 is coded (23). (SC) stands for short course and (YR) stands for yearlong.

Advanced Campaign Finance (22,23)
Advanced Topics in the First Amendment (Religion Clauses) (21)
Balancing Public Safety and Civil Liberties: Law Enforcement Policymaking (21,23)
Business and Governmental Tort Liability (23)
Comparative Constitutional Law (21,22,23)
Constitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech and Press (21,22,23)
Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty (21,22,23)
Constitutionalism: History and Jurisprudence (21)
Constitutionalism: Nation, Culture and Constitutions (21,22,23)
Free Speech and the Digital Age (22)
Government Secrecy (21)
Law of Corruption (21,23)
Law and Riots (23)
Monetary Constitution Seminar (22,23)
Privacy (21,22,23)
Regulation of the Political Process (21,22,23)

Clinic

First Amendment Clinic (YR) (21,22,23)

Illustration of man looking at phone with "Truth?" on it

University of Virginia School of Law Vice Dean Michael Gilbert’s research led to the creation of a nonprofit, Pledged, that would allow participating organizations to offer rewards to anyone who proves the organization published a falsehood.