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Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

Professor of Law
Stephen C. O'Connell Chair
Mailing Address: Box #117625 Gainesville, FL 32611
Email: lidsky@law.ufl.edu
Phone: 352.273.0941
Fax: 352.392.3005
SSRN  Vita [PDF]

Education

J.D., University of Texas (with high honors)
B.A., Texas A&M University (summa cum laude)
Fulbright Scholar, Cambridge University

Teaching and Scholarship

Torts, Advanced Torts (specializing in Defamation and Invasion of Privacy), Mass Media Law, Internet Speech, Jurisprudence, First Amendment Law and Social Media, Freedom of Speech, Cyberbullying.

Professional Activities

  • University of Florida: Joined College of Law in 1994 as Assistant Professor; named Associate Professor (1997-2000), full Professor (since 2000); Associate Dean for Faculty Development (2005-06). University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship (2001-2003; 2005-2007). Chair of Appointments (2006-07).
  • Teacher of the Year (1996-97 & 2002-2003). Twice selected by students as faculty graduation speaker.
  • Selected Organizations: The Florida Bar (since 1994); Professionalism Committee of the Florida Bar 1995-96, 2005-06; Order of the Coif.
  • Advisor to numerous student journals and organizations, including the Entertainment Law Review and the Journal of Law & Public Policy.
  • Career Highlights: Author of three casebooks (Torts, Mass Media Law, and First Amendment Law) and one reference book on freedom of the press. Author of numerous law review articles, several of which have been cited in published court opinions; Speaker at various conferences, including the Florida Bar’s annual First Amendment Law Symposium; Cooperating Counsel with ACLU in a case involving anonymous Internet speech; International Contributing Editor to the Media & Arts Law Review (Australia). Testified before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, in hearing entitled “Oath Taking, Truth Telling, and Remedies in the Business World”

Torts (4 credits) – LAW 5700

  • Civil liability for harm caused by wrongful acts that violate non-contractual duties imposed by law. Covers negligence and other theories of liability as prescribed by the instructor.

Media Law (2 or 3 credits) – LAW 6852

  • Not available to students who have taken or are taking Legal Problems of Mass Communications (LAW 6930). This course focuses on the bodies of law regulating the gathering and dissemination of information by the media, including constitutional, statutory, and common law. Specific topics that will be covered in the course include the following: defamation and privacy, liability for physical and economic harms caused by the media, copyright, subpoenas and searches, media access to information, and regulation of broadcasting. Special attention will be given to the problem of regulating new technologies and to adapting first amendment theory to deal with new technologies.

Books

  • TORTS: THE CIVIL LAW OF REPARATION FOR HARM DONE BY WRONGFUL ACT (Matthew Bender 2009) (Co-authors: Joseph W. Little and Robert Lande).
  • FIRST AMENDMENT LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS, together with accompanying Teacher’s Manual (Aspen 2008) (Co-Authors: Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr, Steven Gey, Christina Wells).
  • MASS MEDIA LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (Foundation Press, 7th ed. 2005), together with annual updates and published supplementary materials (2008). (Co-Authors: Marc A. Franklin and David A. Anderson).
  • FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, Greenwood Press Series on the Constitution (Co-Author: R. George Wright) (2004).

Articles

  • Anonymity in Cyberspace: What Can We Learn from John Doe?, ___ BOSTON COLLEGE L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2009), available at ssrn: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1481280
  • Nobody’s Fools: The Rational Audience as First Amendment Ideal ___ U. ILL. L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2009), available at ssrn: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1365979.
  • Where’s the Harm?: Free Speech and the Regulation of Lies, 65 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1091 (2008), available at ssrn: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1397611