In September, The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, were honored to sponsor a conversation with Floyd Abrams which focused on freedom of speech on college campuses. For more than half a century, Abrams has defended the First Amendment.

Abrams has argued frequently before the Supreme Court in a large number of its most significant First Amendment cases. He was co-counsel to The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case; counsel to the Brooklyn Museum of Art in its legal battles with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; counsel to Sen. Mitch McConnell and the National Association of Broadcasters in a First Amendment-rooted challenge to the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation; counsel to Sen. McConnell in the Citizens United case; and counsel to many journalists, including Judith Miller and Myron Farber, who sought to protect the identity of their confidential sources. He has represented The Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Time Magazine, Business Week, The Nation, Reader's Digest, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and numerous other clients in trials and appeals.