The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies AND The American Constitution Society AND The American Civil Liberties Union AND The Intellectual Property Law Society present a debate: 

Eugene Volokh and Genevieve Lakier

"Should our Speech Be Protected Against Restrictions by Social Media Platforms?"

Food provided.

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and is considered a preeminent scholar on Free Speech. Professor Volokh has authored several books, numerous articles, and is the founder of the Volokh Conspiracy blog. He was born in Soviet Ukraine but immigrated to America where at the age of 12 he began computer programming, graduating from UCLA at 15 with a BS in math and computer science. Professor Volokh made computer software for 12 years before graduating from UCLA law. Professor Volokh then went on to clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Genevieve Lakier is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, where her research explores the connections between culture and law. She is currently engaged in a long-term project exploring the cultural history of the First Amendment, and another project exploring the changing role of the state in the regulation of sex. Prof. Lakier has an AB from Princeton University, a JD from New York University School of Law, and an MA and PhD in anthropology from the University of Chicago. Between 2006 and 2008, she was an Academy Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International and Area Studies at Harvard University. After law school, she clerked for Judge Leonard B. Sand of the Southern District of New York and Judge Martha C. Daughtrey of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Before joining the faculty, Prof. Lakier taught at the Law School as a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law.