Mary-Rose Papandrea

Professor Mary-Rose Papandrea
Citizenship	United States of America
Education	Yale College
Alma mater	Chicago Law School
Occupations	Academic Professor
Years active	1995 - present
Employer	George Washington University
Title	Inaugural Holder of the Burchfield Professorship of First Amendment and Free Speech Law
Website	https://www.law.gwu.edu/mary-rose-papandrea

Mary-Rose Papandrea is an academic and professor best-known for her work in media and constitutional law. ^[1]

Education

In 1992, Papandrea graduated from Yale College cum laude with her bachelors degree in Humanities. ^{[1] [2]} She then attended the University of Chicago Law School, served as the Topics & Comments Editor of the Chicago Law Review, and obtained her J.D. degree in 1995 with High Honors and Order of the Coif. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Before entering into the world of academia, Papandrea was a law clerk for Associate Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court. ^{[1] [2]} She also clerked for Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. ^{[1] [2]} Additionally, she practiced law at a firm in Washington D.C, where she litigated cases involving privacy, defamation, and employment claims. ^{[1] [2]}

Papandrea has had her articles published across several law schools, including Stanford University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago in addition to co-writing a textbook entitled Media and the Law, Second Edition. ^{[1] [4] [5]} She has also spoken and moderated at conferences, podcasts, and events throughout the United States on a range of topics, primarily the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, national security, and citizen journalism. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Papandrea began her career as a professor at the Boston College Law School. Then, for over a decade, she served as the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law where she taught constitutional law, civil procedure, and education law. ^[2] She was also the associate dean for academic affairs for the law school and the faculty advisor for the university’s annual First Amendment Law Review symposia. ^{[2] [11]} Papandrea is now the Inaugural Holder of the Burchfield Professorship of First Amendment and Free Speech Law at the George Washington University Law School. ^{[12] [2] [10]}

Additionally, Papandrea is an elected member of the American Law Institute and an advisor to the ALI’s Third Restatement of Torts: Defamation and Privacy. ^[1] She served as the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools Mass Media Law and National Security Law sections and remains on the Executive Committee of both sections, as well as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy. ^[1]  

References

1. "Mary-Rose Papandrea". www.pli.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
2. "Papandrea, Mary-Rose | GW Law | The George Washington University". GW Law. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
3. "University of Chicago Law School Alumni in Law Teaching, 2024-25 | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
4. Papandrea, Mary-Rose. "Mary-Rose Papandrea's Publications".
5. "Mary-Rose Papandrea". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
6. Papandrea, Mary-Rose. ""Citizen's Journalism and Reporter's Privilege"". University of Minnesota School of Law. Archived from the original on 2007-03-25.
7. "Why is the book 'Gender Queer' being removed from public school libraries, and is it 'obscene?'". WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source. 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
8. "Hate, Harassment, And The Right To Report". WUNC. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
9. "First Amendment in Digital Age | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
10. "At the Forefront of the First Amendment | GW Law | The George Washington University". GW Law. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
11. "First Amendment Law Review Symposium: The Quintessential Marketplace of Ideas? Current Free Speech Issues on University Campuses". UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
12. "GW Law Welcomes Mary-Rose Papandrea as Inaugural Holder of the Burchfield Professorship of First Amendment and Free Speech Law | Media Relations | The George Washington University". Media Relations. Retrieved 2024-11-19.