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Amy Gajda is the Jeffrey D. Forchelli Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where she joined in 2023. A journalist-turned-law scholar, she specializes in Media Law, Privacy Law, and Freedom of Speech, with a focus on tensions between press freedoms and privacy rights.
- Education: J.D., Wayne State University
- B.A., University of Michigan
Her research examines the evolving boundaries of privacy, including works like Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy (2022), which received critical acclaim from The New York Times and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court. Earlier books include The First Amendment Bubble and The Trials of Academe, alongside co-authored casebooks on Media Law and Law and Higher Education.
Her scholarship spans journals like the American Historical Review, California Law Review, and Washington Law Review, with recent work addressing post-Dobbs privacy challenges and digital data rights. She contributes to the American Law Institute’s Restatement on Defamation and Privacy and has served as a visiting professor in Europe and Asia.
- Scientific Awards: Seven Associated Press awards for radio commentaries
- Key Themes: Privacy vs. public interest, judicial regulation of media, historical press freedoms, digital rights
