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Dr Bechtold is a Lecturer at the Law School. She is an American qualified lawyer with over 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney. She holds a BA from Scripps College, a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, an LLM in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a PhD from Durham Law School. While at the LSE, she co-founded LSE Pro Bono Matters, a post-graduate led pro bono group based at the LSE Law Department that engages in human rights advocacy (see http://www.lse.ac.uk/law/probono).
Prior to entering academia, Dr Bechtold served as the Legal Director of a state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan, non-profit organisation that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. In this position, she litigated human rights cases in state and federal courts in the United States. She also has extensive experience working for law firms, including over three years as a litigation associate at DLA Piper LLP.
Latest Publications
Recent Efforts to Regulate Expression by Conservatives in the UK and the US Highlight a Shift Toward Illiberalism
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesHas the United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the marketplace of ideas as a failed experiment?
Communications Law, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 150-160Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Relationship Between Fox News and the Republican Party Undermines the First Amendment and is Poisoning American Democracy
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesUS Capitol attack: how the public reaction to the January 6 hearings reflects deep divisions in the US
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsScotland’s New Hate Crime Act Imperils Freedom of Expression
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 250-257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2022.0765
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Fox News, Donald Trump’s cheerleaders and the journalists who challenged his narrative
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesTerrorism, the internet, and the threat to freedom of expression: the regulation of digital intermediaries in Europe and the United States
Journal of Media Law, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 13-46Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2020.1760474
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Has The United States’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Exposed the Marketplace of Ideas as a Failed Experiment?
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesThe United States should follow the EU’s lead in recognising actions in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement as protected speech
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesThe First Amendment: what it really means for free speech and why Donald Trump is trampling on it
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesDonald Trump’s attacks on social media threaten the free speech rights of all Americans
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles