Azhar Majeed

Vice President of Policy Reform

Azhar Majeed, a native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, received a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in History from the University of Michigan in 2004. He is also a 2007 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. As an undergraduate, his academic interests included comparative constitutional law and political philosophy, particularly from the time period of the Enlightenment. During law school, Azhar represented the University of Michigan at the 2006 Tulane International Moot Court competition. Azhar was one of FIRE's inaugural Robert H. Jackson Legal Fellows and was also a FIRE legal intern in 2005.

Recent Writing

Fixing your college’s speech codes? Try FIRE’s “Model Speech Policies” resource., March 1, 2021
Check out FIRE’s speech code resources, from Spotlight reports to ‘Policy Reform News’!, October 19, 2020
FIRE and First Amendment Watch launch campus free speech orientation program, March 24, 2020
Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi University for Women continue wave of speech code reform in the Magnolia State, December 16, 2019
University of Wisconsin policy issue demonstrates need for regents, legislators to help promote campus free speech, September 24, 2019
FIRE’s speech code ratings are just that — speech code ratings, September 13, 2019
Williams College ‘Inquiry and Inclusion’ report a mixed bag on campus free speech, will bear further watching, July 18, 2019
Loyola Chicago adopts FIRE’s recommendations, improves media relations policy, May 23, 2019
Iowa Board of Regents, University of Iowa faculty commit to free speech and academic freedom, May 9, 2019
South Dakota Board of Regents improves several speech policies, adopts ‘Chicago Statement,’ but there is work left to be done, December 20, 2018