Len Niehoff

Len Niehoff is a professor of practice at Michigan Law where he teaches civil procedure, ethics, evidence, First Amendment, media law, and law and theology. He also has taught short seminars on a variety of subjects, including the history of banned books and the Salem Witch Trials.

Niehoff has published more than 100 articles in law reviews and law journals, spanning the fields of constitutional law, evidence, litigation strategy, and ethics. He is also the author or co-author of several books, including Rights and Liabilities of Publishers, Broadcasters, and Reporters; Evidence Law; and Free Speech: From Core Values to Current Debates; and his latest Meeting Shakespeare at the Bar: Reading the Bard Through the Lens of the Law .

Niehoff has been quoted as an authority on legal and policy issues by many major media entities, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He has written dozens of editorials for leading newspapers and online outlets, including an 11-part educational series for The Detroit News on the Bill of Rights.

He earned his bachelor’s degree and his JD at the University of Michigan. In addition to his academic degrees, he studied at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit.  

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