Genevieve Lakier

University of Chicago Law School

Genevieve Lakier is Professor of Law and Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar at the University of Chicago. She is an expert in the First Amendment, particularly as it relates to freedom of speech and press, civil rights and liberties, law and anthropology, media law, and criminal procedure. Her work examines the changing meaning of freedom of speech in the United States, the role that legislatures play in safeguarding free speech values, and the fight over freedom of speech on the social media platforms.