Lindsie Rank
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø Staff Speaker
As Director of Campus Rights Advocacy at the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø, Lindsie Rank leads a team of attorneys and advocates defending students and faculty from censorship. A First Amendment attorney with a background in media law, she first worked with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø in 2015 as a legal intern. She now leads her team to hold universities accountable, develop advocacy strategies, and catalyze speech-protective cultures on campus.
Lindsie knows these battles firsthand. As a student journalist in high school and college, she experienced censorship herself, shaping her commitment to expressive freedom. She went on to earn a J.D. and an M.A. in mass communication from the University of North Carolina, where her research focused on the legal and institutional pressures facing student media. Before joining ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø, she was a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, where she fielded hotline calls from journalists nationwide on issues ranging from defamation to access.
When she’s not taking on censorship, Lindsie is spending time with her husband, son, and two dogs — or sewing a perfectly tailored blazer.
Recent Writings
- Eastern Kentucky says RAs can’t be trusted with First Amendment rights,
- VICTORY: Ashland abandons demand for prior review of student newspaper, recommits to expressive freedom after ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s intervention,
- Ashland University dismisses newspaper adviser as administrators complain that student reporters did ‘too much investigative journalism’,
- Do I have a right to interview sources employed by my college?,
- Loyola New Orleans drops misconduct charges against student journalist disciplined for routine newsgathering,
- Eastern Kentucky University latest campus to bar employees from speaking to journalists,
- Loyola University New Orleans punishes student journalist for newsgathering,
- SPFI hotline: Does the paper own the copyright?,
- Announcing ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s Free Press Workshop for student journalists,
- Indiana University stifles student press by blocking access to public records,
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