The Clinic is hiring for an attorney to support local journalism in Georgia! Check out the job posting here and please share the word: ugajobsearch.com/postings/399062

Thank you for this amazing recognition! We look forward to our next collaboration. SMU Dedman School of Law SMULawClinics

Join us on the SMU Journalism faculty! SMU Meadows is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor of Journalism. Media law & ethics is one focus but the position has flexibility. Due date for priority consideration is Oct. 25. More details: apply.interfolio.com/150676

Even though FAC's David Snyder was kicked out of Wednesday's hearing, he writes: "If nobody speaks out, there’s not even a chance that the rights of the public and press will prevail." firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/why-…

Congratulations to all of our 1A Clinic alums who passed the Texas Bar Exam or the Bar Exam of another state! Toffee knew you would! ⁦SMU Dedman School of Law⁩ ⁦SMULawClinics⁩

🚨🚨 DOUBLE BOOM!! #SCOTUS grants, vacates, and reverses the 5th Cir. in FIRE case Villarreal v. Isidro in light of Institute for Justice's #FirstAmendment retaliation win in Gonzalez v. Trevino. This means that Gonzalez has now generated two additional Supreme Court wins for free speech!

- Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne, if Ted Cruz can debate why can’t you? Any time any place, I’m there.

Congratulations to JT Morris and FIRE on the GVR in Villarreal v. City of Laredo! Happy to have supported with Vinson & Elkins SMU Dedman School of Law SMULawClinics

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CA5 this morning stays discovery into Media Matters’ donors demanded by a certain social media website pretty silly lawsuit. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…

BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit blocks an order from Judge Reed O'Connor that Media Matters turn over donor information to X Corp. in a lawsuit over the group's coverage of X, holding MM is likely to succeed in stopping disclosure. More to come at Law Dork: lawdork.com

We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who attended our 2024 Access & Accountability Conference this weekend — we had a great time talking all things media, First Amendment, and more. A big thank you to Knight Foundation for their generous support of our program. #AAC2024

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Ten Commandments laws - so many 1A violations, so little time - SMULawClinics

Good luck to all of the recent graduates taking the Texas Bar Exam! Toff sends you his best! You got this! #smulawschool #smulawclinics

Toff is raring to go for the fall semester in the 1A Clinic! SMU Dedman School of Law SMULawClinics

A favorite day of the semester - the swearing-in ceremony of our new Clinic students. Let’s go get ‘em! SMU Dedman School of Law SMULawClinics

The 1A Clinic SMU Dedman School of Law SMULawClinics - Fall 2025

Thank you, Dallas Bar Foundation, for your generous support of the 1A Clinic SMU Dedman School of Law. Your gift’s impact will triple because of a matching gift! smu.edu/law/news-event… Dallas Bar Association SMULawClinics

Successful ideas for $2,500 Larry McNeill Fellowships have included (1) a proposed history of the Texas right to privacy; (2) a documentary reader covering the history of Texas slavery; and (3) a comparative analysis of statutes and cases in developing Texas common law.