Department of Communication, Stanford University, Ph.D., expected June 2025, Stanford, CA.
Stanford Law School, J.D., 2015, Stanford, CA.
Carleton College, B.A., Honors in Political Science, minor Cinema & Media Studies, 2006, Northfield, MN.
Glasser, Theodore L. & Morgan N. Weiland, “On the Unfortunate Divide between Media Ethics and Media Law,” in Lee Wilkins and Clifford G. Christians, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge (2020).
Reviewed by Ronald K.L. Collins in First Amendment News and by Enrique Armijo in Jotwell.
Note: This article, which I co-authored, is part of a symposium issue, the product of a summit held by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. See Glasser, Theodore L. & Timothy W. Gleason, Summit Report: Freedom of the Press in the Twenty-First Century—An Agenda for Thought and Action: Introduction, 19 Comm. L. & Pol’y 87 (2014).
Weiland, Morgan N., Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era, Stan. Law., Nov. 2013.
Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information (WIII), invited participant for workshop informing report entitled Beyond Intermediary Liability: The Future of Information Platforms, Feb. 13, 2018.
Stanford Law School Reading Group member for review of Judge Merrick Garland’s work for the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, co-author of review of telecommunication opinions with Stanford Law School Dean M. Elizabeth Magill, May 9, 2016 (see ABA’s Karol Corbin Walker’s statement to the Judiciary Committee, which includes parts of the review).
Top Student Paper, Communication Law & Policy Division, International Communication Association (ICA) 2018, for Paradox of Platforms-as-Press: Unwinding This Analogy to Solve the Platform Accountability Problem.
Second-Place Student Paper Award, Law & Policy Division, AEJMC 2017, for First Amendment Metaphors: From “Marketplace” to “Free Flow of Information”.
Affiliate Scholar, Stanford Center for Internet & Society, 2021-present.
Graduate Fellow, Stanford Center for Internet & Society, 2015-2020.
Pro Bono Distinction, 2015.
Senior Editor of the Year 2015, Articles Editor, and Member Editor, Stanford Law Review, 2013-15.
Student Fellow, Stanford Center for Internet & Society, 2012-15.
Bradley Student Fellow, Stanford Constitutional Law Center, 2014-15.
John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance, Legal Ethics, 2014-15.
John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance, Law, Leadership, & Social Change, 2014-15.
Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Award for Outstanding Performance, Federal Litigation, 2012-13.
Gerald Gunther Prize for Outstanding Performance, Research & Legal Writing, 2012-13.
Graduate Student Fellow, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, 2016-17.
Graduate Fellow, Graduate Voice & Influence Program, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, 2014-15.
Haas Graduate Public Service Fellow, Haas Center for Public Service, 2011-12.
Gerhard Casper Stanford Graduate Fellow, Stanford University Vice Provost for Graduate Education, tuition and fees for three years, awarded 2010.
Magna cum laude (3.85 GPA), 2006.
Phi Beta Kappa, 2006.
David John Field Prize for imagination and ingenuity in the liberal arts, 2006.
Mortar Board, 2006.
Distinction in major, 2006.
Distinction for senior thesis, 2006.
Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference 9 (FESC), Yale Law School (YLS) (over Zoom), April-May 2021, Presenter, The "Intermediated Public Sphere.”
Free Speech & the Internet, Stanford Law School (SLS) Constitutional Law Center, May 2019, Panel Moderator, Global Platforms in Nations with Different Free Speech Principles.
FESC 7, YLS, April 2019, Discussant.
International Communication Association (ICA), May 2018, Presenter, The Paradox of Platforms-as-Press: Unwinding This Analogy to Solve the Platform Accountability Problem.
ICA, Preconference: Data and Publics: A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere?, May 2018, Presenter, Losing the Digital Public Sphere: Uncovering the Implicit Role of Structures of Communication in Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action to Identify the “Intermediated Public Sphere.”
First Amendment Salon panel discussion at YLS, April 2018, Invited Panelist, Rethinking Reno and Section 230: How should We Regulate Social Media?
FESC 6, YLS, April 2018, Presenter & Discussant, The Paradox of Platforms-as-Press: Unwinding This Analogy to Solve the Platform Accountability Problem.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August 2017, Presenter, First Amendment Metaphors: From “Marketplace” to “Free Flow of Information.”
AEJMC, August 2017, Panel Organizer & Moderator, Fake News, Trolling, & Cyberbullying: Debating Social Media Companies’ Rights & Responsibilities.
First Amendment Lawyers Association annual meeting, July 2017, Invited Speaker (for Legal Ethics CLE credit), Ethical Limits of First Amendment Lawyering: Do We Have a Duty Not to Make Certain Arguments?
FESC 5, YLS, April 2017, Presenter, First Amendment Metaphors: From “Marketplace” to “Free Flow of Information.”
Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, SLS, March-April 2017, Presenter, Genealogy of the “Free Flow of Information.”
AEJMC, August 2016, Presenter, On the Unfortunate Divide Between Media Ethics and Media Law.
FESC 4, YLS, April-May 2016, Presenter & Discussant, Autonomy Extremism and the Digital Free Speech Crisis.
Carleton College Convocation, April 2016, Invited Speaker, Network Neutrality: A Perspective from the Frontline in the Battle for Free Speech in the Digital Era.
Rebele Symposium, Stanford Department of Communication, April 2015, Invited Presenter, The Origins of the Institutional Press Clause.
AEJMC, August 2014, Invited Panelist, Legal Debates Intersecting with Participatory Journalism.
“Free Expression in a Networked World.” Stanford Law School, Lecturer in Law, developed with Professor Barbara van Schewick. Spring 2017-18. Note: This course was renewed for the 2019-20 academic year, titled “Internet Platforms and Free Expression,” but was canceled in light of the global pandemic.
“The Idea of a Free Press.” Stanford University Department of Communication, Course Development Assistant, Professor Theodore Glasser. 2011-12.
“Communications Law.” Stanford Law School, Professor Barbara van Schewick. Winter 2017.
“Digital Media in Society.” Stanford University Department of Communication, Professor Fred Turner. Fall 2015-16 and Spring 2011-12.
“Role of the Supreme Court in American History.” Gilder Lehrman Foundation, Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer. Summer 2013.
“Perspectives on American Journalism.” Stanford University Department of Communication, Professor Theodore Glasser. Winter 2011-12.
Executive Director, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School, 2021-present, Stanford, CA.
Fellow, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School, 2020, Stanford, CA.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Clerk to Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, 2018-19 term, San Diego, CA.
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford Law School, 2014-15, Stanford, CA.
Davis Wright Tremaine, Summer Associate, Summer 2014, NYC & Washington, D.C.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Legal Intern, Summer 2013, San Francisco, CA.
Media Matters for America, Project Manager & Deputy Editor, 2008-10, Washington, D.C.
Bloomberg/BNA, Staff Editor, 2007-08, Washington, D.C.
FDC Reports, Reporter, 2006-07, Washington, D.C.
United Nations Press Office, Press Intern, November 2004, Geneva, Switzerland.
KRLX-FM Carleton College community radio station, News Director, 2004-06, Northfield, MN.
KRVS-FM NPR member station, Production Intern, Summer 2003, Lafayette, LA.
California State, admitted December 2015.
