Jessica Silbey All Experts

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Jessica Silbey In the Media

Vox

Can these Democratic attorneys general save DACA? I asked 9 legal experts.
WGBH

How ‘abortion stigma’ harms access to health services for low-income women
Florida Record

Hulk Hogan’s Gawker verdict as much about newsworthiness as privacy, according to experts

Jessica Silbey for Northeastern

Two Northeastern professors receive prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

Professors Jessica Silbey and Theo Davis are among a diverse group of 173 scholars, artists, and scientists to be named 2018 fellows by the John…
- by Greg St. Martin April 12, 2018
Law professors examine the constitutionality of Trump's travel, refugee ban

Law professors Jessica Silbey and Michael Meltsner, both constitutional law experts, examined President Trump’s sweeping executive order banning travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries. Silbey called…
- by Molly Callahan January 31, 2017
3Qs: What can a crime drama teach us about justice?

Law professor Jessica Silbey will discuss the history of law in American film on Wednesday at a Law Library of Congress event. Here, she looks…
- by Jason Kornwitz July 20, 2016
Witness videos and the conversation about race and policing

Police in Louisiana shot and killed Alton Sterling on Tuesday. A day later, police in Minnesota fatally shot Philando Castile. Both men were black. And…
- by Matthew McDonald July 8, 2016
The Internet, newsworthiness, and invasion of privacy

How will the outcome of the ongoing Hulk Hogan-Gawker trial impact future litigation and the freedom of the online press? We asked law professor Jessica…
- by Jason Kornwitz March 9, 2016
3Qs: Snapchat’s new privacy policy: What you should know

The messaging app recently updated its privacy policy, causing an outcry among users. Here, law professor Jessica Silbey, an expert in intellectual property, explains what…
- by Joe O'Connell November 10, 2015

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