Join us for this exciting and timely, in-person Hot Topic where UF College of Law Professor Lyrissa Lidsky will discuss book banning and age appropriateness on Sunday, October 15th at 3:00 PM in Meeting Room A of the Millhopper Branch Library at 3145 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606. This event is free and open to the public, so please spread the word and invite your friends and neighbors.

Book bans have been in the news as the movement grows, with more books banned each school year. Florida is at the center of the controversy, and polls consistently show that Americans of all political persuasions oppose book bans.

Professor Lidsky is the Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law at Florida Law in the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She previously served as Dean of the University of Missouri School of Law from 2017-2022. The focus of her research and teaching is the intersection of Tort Law and the First Amendment, with an emphasis on free speech issues in social media.

Before becoming dean at Missouri, Professor Lidsky served in a variety of leadership roles at UF Law, including associate dean for graduate and international programs and associate dean for faculty development. She also held the Stephen C. O’Connell Chair in Law and received a number of teaching awards during her 23-year tenure at UF, including student-selected awards such as Teacher of the Year (twice) and Faculty Graduation Speaker (three times), as well as Teacher of the Year, which was selected by a faculty committee.

We are grateful Professor Lidsky is willing to share her knowledge and insights with us and look forward to her presentation. Please join us on Sunday, October 15th at 3:00 PM to join this lively discussion.