The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) was founded in 1999 in response to "hundreds of communications and pleas for help from victims of illiberal policies and double standards that violated their rights and intruded upon their private consciences."  Now, FIRE reports that from "partisan lessons, to schoolwide 'belief' statements, to demands for performative activism, we have never seen such intense ideological orthodoxy and compelled speech at the K-12 level." Thus, FIRE is hosting a virtual event: "How parents and educators can push back against chilled speech and thought conformity in K-12 education." The event is scheduled for Nov 19, 2020, at 01:00 PM, and you can register here.

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Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and…

Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings) in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1985 through 2000.

She has served as an expert witness and consultant on business entity and finance and federal and state securities law matters and is a frequent academic and continuing legal education presenter on business law issues. Professor Heminway also has represented pro bono clients on political asylum applications, landlord/tenant appeals, social security/disability cases, and not-for-profit incorporations and related business law issues. Read More