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<span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px">Join legal and academic experts, journalists and higher education leaders for a dynamic virtual half-day discussion. Michelle Deutchman, the center’s
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<p style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em"><strong style="box-sizing: content-box">Nicole Carlotto</strong><br style="box-sizing: content-box">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 0px">Message sent on behalf of <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; box-sizing: content-box"></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ucop.nationbuilder.com/r?u=_TwUPbG3JloJgZb357acpDztjIAPDP-rlJ31iQVLSSK5JE3e7YGLo5-hCxi_demhYxaK-w_9O3KKmkynDr9igvPYe6C7kqWWJi_-UbJ3vGyc_I6CACccV-OD1HEoAmx3U5MRTaig6vuTz5EogzQt1A&e=e71692d249c43b12b0e2582101bb9bfd&utm_source=ucop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=free_speech_event_2025&n=2__;!!OLyWHuc!UHYZfbiFCkmvLahEDsaSyjKzUAwyNMrz2L9wXKo4Nx99-T1db-14WWNUXArS7H2hPUf6ou6k_XlOG-oyTNhVYn7fsmvkdalj_6VF$" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; box-sizing: content-box;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box">UC
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