Clay Calvert is an American legal scholar. He is a nonresident senior fellow at the

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and professor emeritus, Brechner Eminent Scholar of Mass Communication Emeritus and former Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project in the

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College of Journalism and Communications, specializing in

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Law. He was previously a professor at the

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where he co-directed the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment. A member of the California State Bar Association, he has authored or co-authored more than 150 scholarly articles for law journals. He has also written several books dealing with the

, the most noteworthy being ''Voyeur Nation'' (Westview, 2000). He pursued an extensive education that laid the foundation for his future career, earning an undergraduate degree from

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, followed by a

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degree from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, and culminating in a Ph.D. from Stanford, where he furthered his exploration into First Amendment rights and media law.

Other faculty positions

*Professor,

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(2020 - 2022) *Visiting professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Spring 2011) *Interim Dean, Schreyer Honors College (2005–2006) *Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College (2002–2003)

Education

* University of the Pacific, J.D. *

, Ph.D., Communication *

, B.A., Communication

References

External links

Profile at the American Enterprise InstituteDr. Calvert's Faculty Page at the University of Florida Levin College of Law
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