🚨 News alert: Journalist Evan Lambert, represented by attorneys from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press + First Amendment Clinic at CWRU School of Law, has obtained an $80K judgment against an Ohio city + county over his unlawful arrest while covering a press conference last year. rcfp.org/evan-lambert-j…

.CWRU School of Law's Andrew Geronimo noted that a legal battle between a Cleveland resident and city council over public comment may soon end after the council approved changes to their public comment rules. See more: brnw.ch/21wGRri

From Cory Shaffer at clevelanddotcom: First Amendment Clinic at CWRU School of Law joins fight over anonymous Yahoo comments critical of Cleveland-Cliffs: cleveland.com/court-justice/…

Cleveland area folks: tomorrow Clinic director Andy Geronimo will speak at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Public Library at 7pm about online speech, as the inaugural event for a regional support group for FIRE --

Clinic fellow Ashley Fox presented at a March Freedom of Information Day Celebration, providing training to multiple city depts on best practices for responding to Georgia Open Records Act requests. Fox was joined by Jim Zachary, former GA First Amendment Foundation president.

The First Amendment Clinic at CWRU School of Law—led by Director Andrew Geronimo—will represent an anonymous online critic of Cleveland-Cliffs who the company is seeking to unmask. Get the details: brnw.ch/21wIwas

“Orders prohibiting speech are classic examples of ‘prior restraints’ — these orders are presumptively unconstitutional and need the highest justifications to be valid” - Clinic Director @qndy_geronimo

All our best wishes to everyone taking the bar exam this week, especially all of our excellent former students in the CWRU School of Law First Amendment Clinic!

Getting ready to kick off another semester in the CWRU School of Law First Amendment Clinic! Andy Geronimo & Sara Coulter appeared in Butler County Common Pleas Court this morning for a status conference in a SLAPP suit that our students will be defending this year.

Senior Fellow Sara Coulter in the Cleveland Metro Bar Journal on NRA v Vullo & Murthy v. Missouri: "The First Amendment prohibits the government from relying on the threat of legal sanctions and other means of coercion to censor disfavored speech." clemetrobar.org/?pg=CMBABlog&b…

Mark your calendars for 10/2, when @CWRU /CWRU School of Law / First Amendment Clinic at CWRU School of Law will host Jonathan Rauch for an event entitled Staying Real: The War on Truth—and How to Win It. Details here: case.edu/law/our-school…