Spotlight on Due Process 2020-2021

Colleges and universities across the country, however, continue to fail to afford their students due process and fundamental fairness in other disciplinary proceedings.

Let's Talk: Start Up Guide

FIRE’s Let’s Talk program provides students with tools to work towards a more intellectually open campus environment.

Three Steps to Civil Discourse

This guide provides you with three simple ways to help members of your campus community engage in productive and constructive civil dialogue.

Topic Escalation

This guide outlines FIRE’s heat levels, which are designed to help leaders guide their discussion group towards constructive conversations.

Free speech, psychology, and madness

On today's episode of , we are joined by Stetson University Professor of Psychology for a wide-ranging conversation about the psychology of censorship, the role of madness and eccentricity in shaping history, the effects of social media, the...

Updated: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., 594 U.S. __ (2021)

The opinions in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.'s are read by Dylan Moore and Jeff Murphy, FIRE Law Clerks from the University of Chicago Law School. Held: "While public schools may have a special interest in regulating some off-campus...

So to Speak podcast transcript: Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis

Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis

This week, the United States Supreme Court vindicated the First Amendment rights of a high school cheerleader who was punished for a salty Snapchat she sent outside of school. It was a resounding victory for free speech advocates and the first time...

Breaking Majority Opinion: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., 594 U.S. __ (2021)

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.'s majority opinion is read by Dylan Moore, FIRE Law Clerk from the University of Chicago Law School. A full reading of the concurrence and dissent in this case is forthcoming. Held: "While public...

Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931)

Stromberg v. California's majority opinion is read by Judy Branfman, Research Affiliate at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor & Employment and producer and director of "," a film about her great aunt Yetta Stromberg and this landmark...

So to Speak podcast transcript: A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz

A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz

Socrates' fateful hemlock. Henry VIII's death decree for those who imagined his downfall. The 1836 "Gag Rule" banning slavery discussions in Congress. Britain's early ban on films criticizing Hitler and Stalin. On today's episode of , we...

Comment of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education for the Department of Education’s June 7 to June 11 Public Hearing on Title IX

2022 Mid-Year Impact Report

During the first half of 2022, FIRE secured 55 victories affecting over 1.1 million students.

2021 Mid-Year Impact Report

During the first half of 2021, FIRE coordinated aggressive and creative campaigns aimed at combating major threats to campus rights. FIRE secured 51 victories affecting more than 1.1 million college students.