Educational law expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will cover the most critical First Amendment concerns of colleges and universities. You will learn how to find the sweet spot between student free speech and institutional community values.
Benefits of Certification
- Recognize and protect free speech on your campus
- Update your knowledge to reflect the latest regulations and case law
- Protect your institution from potential legal liability
- Prove your expertise to colleagues, students, and regulators
Training Overview
How free should speech be on your campus?
In September, a Florida university agreed to pay a settlement and discontinue its bias response team, which students claimed punished them for expressing their opinions. This lawsuit is one example of the ongoing reconciliation between free speech and campus climate that colleges and universities face this academic year.
You need to know the foundation of the First Amendment and discover its most recent interpretation for higher education campuses through regulations and case law. To prepare for possible changes ahead, you should review and update policies and procedures at your institution.
Even private colleges and universities, while not directly subject to the First Amendment, must face student and faculty free-speech demands. State constitutions and statutes, court opinions, advocacy organizations like the ACLU and FIRE, as well as commitments in student and faculty handbooks, are all potential sources of free speech and academic freedom, that private institutions ignore at their peril.
The Students’ First Amendment Rights Certification program will enable you to:
- Recognize and protect free speech on your campus
- Update your knowledge to reflect the latest regulations and case law
- Protect your institution from potential legal liability
- Prove your expertise to colleagues, students, and regulators
Students’ First Amendment Rights: From Fundamental to Advanced Certification
Webinar 1: The First Amendment and Higher Education: Overview
Webinar 2: The Landscape of Student Speech: Speech Codes, Safe Spaces, Hate Speech, and Microaggressions
Webinar 3: First Amendment Rights: Managing Student Protests and Outside-Speaker Requests
Webinar 4: First Amendment Rights: Student Journalists, Broadcasters, and Bloggers
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Expert Presenter
Dr. Jim Castagnera
- Served for 23 years as associate provost and legal counsel for academic affairs at Rider University, where he received the university’s highest annual award for distinguished service
- Adjunct Professor of Law in the Kline School of Law at Drexel University
- President of Dr. Jim’s One-Stop HR Shop, a full-service HR law and compliance company
- Partner with Portum Group International LLC, a data-privacy and compliance-consulting firm
- Of Counsel to WIBC Law, a business-law boutique
- Arbitrator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Taught at UT-Austin and Widener University Law School as a full-time law professor
- Previously worked as a labor, employment, and intellectual-property attorney with Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
- M.A. in Journalism from Kent State University
- J.D. and Ph.D. (American Studies) from Case Western Reserve University
Certifications
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Please follow these steps to earn your certification:
- Attend all the training sessions in their entirety.
- Gain access to the final exam at the conclusion of the last session.
- Take the final exam and receive a score of 80% or better.
If you have any questions about the certification process, please get in touch with us. We look forward to your participation!
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