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Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right

Time

Thursday, September 25 2025 at 6:00pm

Location

Sun Room, Memorial Union

David M. Rabban—Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas School of Law—will present the 2025 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture, “Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right,” at 6 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Rabban’s teaching and research focus on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history.