Following law school, Adam practiced entertainment-focused civil litigation in California and wrote for a variety of outlets on matters involving the First Amendment and the Internet. Adam is a member of the California and Pennsylvania state bars, admitted to the Federal District Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California, and District of Colorado. Adam is also a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association.
Adam Steinbaugh
Director, Individual Rights Defense Program
Following law school, Adam practiced entertainment-focused civil litigation in California and wrote for a variety of outlets on matters involving the First Amendment and the Internet. Adam is a member of the California and Pennsylvania state bars, admitted to the Federal District Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California, and District of Colorado. Adam is also a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association.
Recent Writing
- Freezeout at Frostburg State: RAs ‘speaking out’ about COVID-19 need ‘attitude’ adjustment, university says, November 13, 2020
- Collin College stonewalls inquiries into legislators’ ‘contacts’ over professor’s tweets about Vice President Pence, November 12, 2020
- Doane University knocks critical faculty member’s website offline with meritless copyright claim, November 6, 2020
- Days before 2020 election, Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna University orders students to remove political campaign signs [UPDATED], November 2, 2020
- FIRE files complaint with the Department of the Interior over HINU ‘directive’ to student journalist, October 27, 2020
- In hinting at the ‘execution’ of ‘personnel policies,’ Collin College betrays its duty to vigorously defend professor who criticized Pence, October 16, 2020
- Pomona College demands student organizations adopt provision allowing leaders’ removal for ‘inappropriate’ speech, October 9, 2020
- Censorship Costs: University of California system lost $800,000 defending censorship of ‘The Koala’, October 9, 2020
- At Medgar Evers College, selective redactions cover up administrators’ interactions with City Council member over a student critic, September 23, 2020
- As critics call for deplatforming, defunding, and prosecution over Leila Khaled discussion, San Francisco State University president gets it right, September 23, 2020
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