www.wmitchell.eduFeatured Authors: Issue 3
Stewart Jay 
Stewart Jay (J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard University) is the William L. Dwyer Chair of Law at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous publications on constitutional law and legal history. His book, Most Humble Servants: The Advisory Role of Early Judges (Yale University Press 1997), was selected as a finalist for the Scribes Book Award. His latest book, Mortal Words: A History of the U.S. Constitution, will be published this year by Carolina Academic Press. In addition to his teaching and scholarship, Professor Jay is a regular legal advisor to organizations advancing reproductive freedoms. He also served as a principal drafter of a successful citizens’ initiative to codify Roe v. Wade's provisions into Washington state law. He began his legal career as law clerk to Judge George L. Hart, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger '31 of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Professor Jay's article, Creating the First Amendment Right to Free Expression, is a voluminous, yet eminently readable and edifying text. He explores the changing nature of free speech in America from John Zenger's infamous trial in colonial Massachussetts to the Supreme Court's 1971 Cohen v. California decision.
Robin D. Barnes
Robin D. Barnes (J.D., University of Buffalo; LL.M., University of Wisconsin) is a Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut. A well-respected scholar, her work has been published in the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews, as well as the Yale Law Journal. Professor Barnes has also written a critically-acclaimed constitutional law casebook, The Nature and Scope of Individual Rights, and has another book forthcoming that focuses on the evolution of press rights, the legal and social consequences of celebrity and entertainment news, and how they affect broader issues of democratic order in the United States and European Union. As a member of
the International Association of Law Schools and
Association Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel,
she speaks globally on matters related to democracy, free speech, academic freedom, and privacy.
Professor Barnes’s article, How Civil Rights and Pro-Peace Demonstrations Transformed the Press Clause Through Surrogacy, examines the turbulent struggle between media and government in the 1960s and 1970s, along with its lingering effects. She asserts that media may have lost its way and needs to return to pursuing "what the public really has a right to know."