Will Creeley
FIREStaff Speaker
Since joining FIREin 2006, Will has successfully defended expressive rights and core civil liberties nationwide. As legal director, Will coordinates ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s legal advocacy and oversees ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s litigation, legislative and policy, and policy reform departments. He has appeared on national television and radio, testified before Congress, and spoken to countless students, faculty, administrators, and attorneys across the country about First Amendment rights.
A co-author of , Will’s writing has been published by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and many other outlets.
Barred in New York and Pennsylvania, Will is a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association and the former co-chair of the Education Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.
Will is a 2006 graduate of New York University School of Law, where he served as an associate executive editor for the New York University Law Review. Will graduated magna cum laude from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2003. A proud native of Buffalo, New York, Will now lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.
Selected television appearances
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- °ä-³§±Ê´¡±·â€™s&²Ô²ú²õ±è; (2024)
Selected podcast/radio appearances
- °Â±á³Û³Û’s&²Ô²ú²õ±è; (2025)
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Selected writings
- Media outlets must not cave to Trump’s lawfare (ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ, 2025)
- (The Atlantic, 2024)
- (Los Angeles Times, 2023; with Eugene Volokh)
- (The New York Times, 2017)
- (Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2023)
- (The Washington Post, 2015; with Geoffrey R. Stone)
- (The Wall Street Journal, 2016)
Available Speeches
- Know Your Rights! Free Speech 101
- Speech, Censorship, and Violence
- Free Expression on Campus: Why It Matters and How to Protect It
- From the Courtroom to the Classroom: Constitutional Law and K-12 Education
- Due Process Explained
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