Meet this dedicated lawyer with deep and fascinating roots in fighting for freedom of speech and due process on American campuses.

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Independent Women’s Forum is delighted to announce that Samantha Harris, a lawyer prominent for fighting for freedom of speech and due process on American campuses, is the latest in our popular series of Champion Women profiles ([link removed]) .

When academics and students run into due process or free speech trouble, they often place a call to Samantha Harris. Harris was with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for 15 years. She had a strong desire to move from big picture advocacy work to the day-to-day trench warfare of representing students and faculty in both the campus proceedings that so often threaten their basic rights and in the litigation that often ensues when things go awry.

Harris and her law partner Mike Allen – who met several years ago at a conference for lawyers involved in campus disciplinary work – founded Allen Harris to champion the rights of students and faculty members who need topflight lawyers to fight for them.

While Harris handles many cases involving students accused of Title IX violations and facing frequently unfair campus tribunals, the majority of Harris’ clients right now are faculty. “What’s really distressing,” she says, “is that they’re predominantly faculty who find themselves in trouble for their classroom pedagogy, for teaching things in a way that somehow does not align with the sensitivities of the students."

“This crosses generational lines and breaks down along generational lines more than along political lines. Which is to say that my faculty clients are all over the political spectrum, but they are people who are accustomed to a certain degree of academic freedom and the idea that the university is kind of a place where all ideas can be freely explored and discussed. They are finding that that’s really not the case anymore.”

Those who run into the big chill on campus are lucky to have somebody like Samantha Harris ready to fight for their rights.

We know you will enjoy meeting this dedicated lawyer who has deep and fascinating roots in the free speech movement.
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Charlotte Hays
Cultural Director
Independent Women's Forum
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