Teaching Law In A Red State - Above the Law

"Dear Colleagues, We at University Administration are now prepared to issue our Academic Freedom guidelines for your classes. As you know from last year's memo, we in administration are strong advocates of free speech on campus. With some guidance from us, we believe you will feel more empowered to speak your mind, with proper limits. While the previous provost, president, and general counsel have "resigned," we assure you our commitment to education remains steadfast."

"REGULATIONS FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF TEACHING Recording Policy: Your syllabus must read as follows:"Students are encouraged to record my class. Where appropriate, students may submit my class session to administrative officials and the appropriate Turning Points USA chapter and to the Professor Watchlist. Students will be held harmless in the event of my receipt of death threats or wrongful termination.""

"Course Names: If your course name appears controversial, we encourage you to change it. For example, if you teach "Abortion Law," please consider naming it "Abortion is Wrong and the Law." If you teach "Family Law," consider naming it "Nuclear Family Law." Course Topics: Please ensure that your course description and course assignments closely match. Otherwise, you risk disciplinary action. For example, in the course "Constitutional Law," stop assigning the dissent. That's just so"

University Administration issues mandated Academic Freedom guidelines that claim to support free speech while imposing detailed controls on classroom practices. The message notes recent leadership departures and highlights a new president associated with the "De-Woke the Campus for Academic Freedom Act." Required regulations include a recording policy demanding a specific syllabus statement permitting recording and reporting to external conservative groups, and a clause absolving students who provoke threats. Preferred-name rules bar transgender-related names. Course names and descriptions must be changed or tightly matched to assignments, with threats of disciplinary action for perceived controversy or deviation from prescribed content.

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