SpeechMatters2021

“As the founder of Davis Journal of Legal Studies (DJLS), I am seeking to create a body of undergraduate legal scholarship that is freely and widely accessible. I am grateful to the Center

for their generosity, which has allowed us to keep the journal free to

the public. The Center supports DJLS’s mission to make legal studies and publication more accessible, diverse, and inclusive, and it has been an honor to work with the Center.”

-Emma Tolliver, Undergrad Student, College of Letters and Science: English and Political Science - Public Service

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Emma Tolliver

Undergrad Student, College of Letters and Science: English and Political Science - Public Service

Davis Journal of Legal Studies

(DJLS) is an interdisciplinary, undergraduate academic journal. Modeled after law reviews, DJLS was created to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to write, edit, and publish research pertaining to legal studies and law. The goal of DJLS is to advance legal discourse through public scholarship and empower undergraduate students by promoting and publishing their research.

Events

SpeechMatters 2021: Charting the Course

for Campus Expression & Engagement, the Center’s third annual #SpeechMatters conference, was hosted on April 20-21, 2021. We convened leading scientists, scholars, journalists, and activists for dynamic conversations about how to forge ahead in light of historic civil rights protests, the Capitol insurrection and a global pandemic. The topics featured in this virtual event showcased the numerous ways that the pandemic and the shift to remote learning upended higher education - and society at large.