With free speech debates raging on college campuses and journalists under attack, Cornell Law School is launching a First Amendment clinic under the leadership of former Dow Jones General Counsel Mark Jackson.

Jackson, a First Amendment expert and a 1984 graduate of the law school,  is overseeing the clinic at the request of Dean Eduardo Peñalver.  Jackson hopes the clinic — one of a growing number with such an emphasis — will have a national impact  although it will primarily represent clients in upstate New York, western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.