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 David Hudson serves as an attorney for the First
Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center, which is funded
by the Freedom Forum, seeks to foster a greater public understanding and
appreciation for First Amendment rights and values. Hudson writes for the
Freedom Forum's online publication, The Freedom Forum Online, and other
leading publications devoted to First Amendment issues. He contributes regularly to
the American Bar Association's Preview of United
States Supreme Court Cases, the Commercial Speech
Digest and the ABA
Journal.
The tort of defamation protects the reputational
interests of those harmed by false statements of fact. The tort often
collides with the constitutional right to convey information to the public about
important issues. This course examines the tension between defamation and
the First Amendment. It begins with an introduction to the tort, including
a discussion of the historic New York Times Co. v. Sullivan decision. The
course then tests the participants' knowledge through a series of fact
patterns taken from actual cases.
Click here to take this course.
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