Law School Events

Location

Timothy Zick, the John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship and William H. Cabell Research Professor of Law, will present this year's St. George Tucker Lecture on “Arming the Public Square: The Second Amendment as a Threat to the First.” The lecture is based on his forthcoming book, Managed Dissent. The lecture will be held on Zoom.  The link is https://cwm.zoom.us/j/98692975917. Users must be logged into Zoom with a W&M address to join.

Professor Zick has written on a variety of constitutional issues, with a special focus on the First Amendment. He is the author of four university press books on the subject: Speech Out of Doors: Preserving First Amendment Liberties in Public Places (Cambridge U. Press 2009); The Cosmopolitan First Amendment: Protecting Transborder Expressive and Religious Liberties (Cambridge U. Press 2013); The Dynamic Free Speech Clause: Free Speech and Its Relation to Other Constitutional Rights (Oxford U. Press 2018); and The First Amendment in the Trump Era (Oxford U. Press 2019).

Professor Zick has been a frequent commentator in local, national, and international media regarding public protests and other First Amendment concerns. He testified before Congress on the Occupy Wall Street protests and rights of free speech, assembly, and petition. Professor Zick has been the recipient of the Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence in 2011, 2013 and 2017.

Contact

Aaron Bruhl