Section 8-A1401. ACADEMIC FREEDOM

 

1401.1The School of Law shall abide by principles of academic freedom for faculty in teaching and other programs which are fundamental to the protection of the rights of the teacher in transmitting ideas, and to the student in learning, as well as to the advancement of justice and the mission of the School of Law.

 

1401.2The School of Law endorses and shall conform to the American Bar Association Principles of Academic Freedom and Tenure.

 

1401.3The rights attendent to academic freedom shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

(a)Free inquiry;

 

(b)Free expression;

 

(c)Freedom to develop in an area of competence, and to express one's views in relation to that area of competence;

 

(d)Freedom to speak and to write as a citizen without institutional censorship or discipline;

 

(e)Freedom to seek change of the policies of the School of Law by appropriate means and through appropriate channels provided within the School of Law; and

 

(f)Freedom from constraints imposed by arbitrary and capricious behavior on the part of the administrators and others in the exercise of their duties.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 4290 (June 10, 1988).