Protecting Dissent: First Amendment and Protest Rights

This panel examines how the First Amendment regulates protest, policing, and public dissent, and equips students with practical tools to defend speech and assembly rights in real time. The American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers Guild at the William S. Boyd School of Law will host a moderated discussion featuring:

Jacob T.S. Valentine (he/him), Staff Attorney, ACLU,

Frank Rudy Cooper, William S. Boyd Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Race, Gender & Policing, and 

Shaelyn Dieter, Clark County Public Defender’s Office, with a student moderator. 

Speakers will address First Amendment-related litigation, criminal procedure defenses, police authority and limits, and the legal strategies lawyers use to protect demonstrators and communities facing arrest or surveillance. 

The event is open to law students, faculty, and community advocates interested in civil rights, criminal defense, and movement lawyering. 

Co-sponsors include ACS and NLG. RSVP will be open to the Boyd community and local advocates to support broad participation and dialogue.

Register via Zoom: https://unlv.zoom.us/meeting/register/PolpcZMeT7KZmyMJFV0_kQ