Catherine J. Ross
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Catherine J. Ross (born December 27, 1949) is the Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School where she is a constitutional law expert specializing in the First Amendment and civil liberties more generally as well as family law and issues affecting children and families including education and child custody.[1]
Education and career[edit]
Ross was in the first class of women to graduate from Yale College in 1971.[2] She went on to earn her P.h.D (in History). and J.D. from Yale
Catherine J. Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Constitutional Law |
| Institutions | George Washington University Law School |
| Notable works | A Right to Lie? Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights |
| Website | https://catherinejrosslawprof.com/ |
University.[3]
She began her legal career in a litigation role at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she won major impact litigation on behalf of the homeless population.[4][5] She began working in legal
As an elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Ross, with A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., was a co-Chair of the ABA's Steering Committee on the Unmet Needs of Children and resulting landmark report "America’s Children at Risk," which was presented at the White House in 1993.[4] [1] She later turned to academia, and has since held positions at Boston College and St. and St. John's University School of Law.[1][6] In 1996, she joined the George Washington University Law School faculty, where she was named Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law in 2016.[7][2]
Ross was a Member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study from 2008-2009.[1]
In 2015, Ross published the prize-winning Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press). In 2021, she published a second book on the first amendment, titled A Right to Lie? Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment.
As a leading expert on campus speech issues in both K-12 and colleges and universities, Ross is widely quoted in the media (both in the U.S and abroad).[8][9][10][11][12] She has published op-eds including in the Washington Post and USA Today.[13][14]
Ross served on the Legal Advisory Board of Impeach Donald Trump Now, and the Legal Advisory Board of Free Speech for People.[15] She has lectured widely and responded to press inquiries in the U.S. and abroad on the grounds and process for impeachment of a President.[16]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- A Right to Lie? Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).[17]
- Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights (Harvard University Press, 2015).[18]
- Contemporary Family Law, 1st (2006) through 5th editions (2019) (with Douglas E. Abrams, Naomi R. Cahn, David D. Meyer, & Linda C. McClain; Thomson West).[19]
- America's Children at Risk: An Agenda for Legal Action (report of the ABA Working Groups on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children and their Families; American Bar Association Press, 1993).[20]
- Child Abuse: An Agenda for Action (Oxford University Press, 1980; co-editor with George Gerbner and Edward Zigler).[21]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Catherine J. Ross | GW Law | The George Washington University". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ a b "About". Catherine J Ross. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Catherine J. Ross". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ a b "Catherine J. Ross". Cato Unbound. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Professor Catherine J. Ross, New York Life Fellow, Named George Washington University's Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law - American Bar Foundation". www.americanbarfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Catherine J. Ross - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Professor Catherine J. Ross, New York Life Fellow, Named George Washington University's Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law - American Bar Foundation". www.americanbarfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (2018). "Campus Discourse and Democracy: Free Speech Principles Provide Sound Guidance Even After the Tumult of 2017". Journal of Constitutional Law. 20.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (2017). "Assaultive Words and Constitutional Norms". Journal of Legal Education. SSRN 3271339.
- ^ "College is Too Late to Teach Free Speech". Chronicle of Higher Education. February 7, 2017.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (January 14, 2016). "Common Sense about the Chilling of Campus Speech". Cato Unbound.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (January 22, 2016). "Why First Amendment Values Matter". Cato Unbound.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (January 4, 2016). "Strangling the Free Mind". USA Today.
- ^ Ross, Catherine (June 28, 2011). "The Supreme Court was right to strike down California's video game law". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Catherine Ross". Impeach Donald Trump Now. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "The First Amendment and Students: Speak Up or Shut Up?" Newseum, November 12, 2015
- ^ "A Right to Lie? – Penn Press". University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Lessons in Censorship — Catherine J. Ross | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Abrams, Douglas; Cahn, Naomi; Ross, Catherine; Meyer, David; McClain, Linda (2015-09-29). Contemporary Family Law (4 ed.). West Academic Publishing. ISBN 9781628101652.
- ^ "America's Children At Risk: A National Agenda for Legal Action". Family Law Quarterly. 27 (3): 433–446. 1993-01-01. JSTOR 25739949.
- ^ Keller, Harold R. (1982-01-01). "Child abuse: An Agenda for action, by G. Gerbner, C.J. Ross, and E. Zigler (eds). Oxford University Press: New York, 1980, 345 pp". Aggressive Behavior. 8 (3): 298–301. doi:10.1002/1098-2337(1982)8:3<298::aid-ab2480080309>3.0.co;2-l. ISSN 1098-2337.