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Welcome to the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

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The rights secured by the First Amendment include the liberties of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the freedoms to peacefully assemble and petition the government.  Texas Law’s newest Center, led by Director Steven T. Collis, provides opportunities for deliberation about these rights and the controversies related to them.  Such deliberation may occur in forms that include conferences, scholarship, lectures, conversations, and debates.

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  • The Free Speech Essay Contest is designed to encourage high levels of scholarship and thought among UT-Austin students and to promote understanding and appreciation of the freedom of speech and the many complex challenges related to it. Entries are due on February 17, 2025.

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