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Morgan N. Weiland is an attorney, media, law, and policy scholar, and Executive Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. She is a PhD candidate in Stanford’s Department of Communication and an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet & Society (CIS). Weiland was a Lecturer in Law at SLS during the 2017-18 academic year, where she co-developed a course on platforms, law, and ethics with Professor Barbara van Schewick. She clerked for Judge M. Margaret McKeown on the Ninth Circuit and is admitted to the California Bar.
- BA in Political Science and Cinema & Media Studies, Carleton College (2006)
- JD, Stanford Law School (2015)
- PhD in Communication, Stanford University (expected 2025)
Weiland’s research focuses on the intersection of new media technologies, communication history, and information policy. Her dissertation, Making Internet Law: How Cyberspace Was Socially Constructed as a First Amendment Speech System, examines how private social media firms gained power over public speech through the work of organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and legal cases such as Reno v. ACLU. She employs methods from science and technology studies to analyze the evolution of First Amendment jurisprudence and its implications for democratic discourse.
Weiland’s publications include analyses of libertarian speech traditions, shield laws, and network neutrality. Her 2017 Stanford Law Review article won the Harry W. Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research in Media Law and Policy. Her work has been cited in debates about federal shield legislation and the role of corporate speech in First Amendment doctrine.
- Harry W. Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research in Media Law and Policy (2018)
- Top Student Paper, Communication Law & Policy Division, International Communication Association (2018)
- Second-Place Student Paper Award, Law & Policy Division, AEJMC (2017)
Weiland has presented at conferences like the Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference (FESC), International Communication Association (ICA), and AEJMC, addressing topics such as platform accountability, the intermediated public sphere, and the rethinking of Reno and Section 230. She has also served as a panel moderator and discussant on global platforms’ free speech principles.
