Mary-Rose Papandrea joined the BC Law faculty in 2004. Prior to coming to Boston College, Professor Papandrea was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Connecticut and Fordham.

Professor Papandrea was born and raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale College and the University of Chicago Law School, Professor Papandrea clerked for Hon. John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Hon. David H. Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court. Following her clerkships, Professor Papandrea spent several years as a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in First Amendment and media defense litigation. Papandrea is treasurer of the AALS National Security Law Section and secretary of the AALS Mass Communication Law Section. She is a member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and District of Columbia bars.

Professor Papandrea’s primary research and teaching interests include civil procedure, constitutional law, media law, and national security and civil liberties.

EDUCATION

B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Chicago

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Works in Progress: "Student Speech Rights in the Digital Age." Florida Law Review (forthcoming December 2008)

Presentations:
Presented article titled "Student Speech Rights in the Digital Age" at the University of Cincinnati Law School faculty workshop in January 2008.

Moderator for panel on "National Security," at 2008 AALS Annual Conference (panel sponsored by Section on Women in Legal Education).

Panelist on the "Right of Access" at the 2007 Annual Communications Law Conference sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute (New York City, Nov, 2007).

Lectured on "Student Speech Rights and the Internet" at the Second Circuit Federal Bar Council (October 2007).

Lectured on the "Legal Rights and Liabilities of the Blogosphere" at the annual conference of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (Boston, Sept. 2007).

Presented "The Press and National Security Information" at Syracuse University College of Law faculty workshop (Sept. 2007).

Panelist (along with Ahkil Reed Amar and Marci Hamilton) for the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Annual Symposium "The Least Dangerous Branch? Liberty, Justice, and the US Supreme Court" (Oct. 2006)

Delivered inaugural Charles S. Rowe First Amendment lecture at Washington and Lee, titled "The Press and National Security (Sept. 2006)

Other Activities: Submitted written testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for its hearing on the media’s rights and responsibilities with respect to leaks of classified information. Appeared on PBS's WNYW-TV (New York City) to debate Gabriel Schoenfeld on whether the New York Times should be indicted (aired on March 4, 2007).  Coach, National First Amendment Moot Court Team. Frequent commentator on NECN morning and evening news shows concerning the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional issues. Appeared on local NBC, ABC, and Fox affiliates to discuss retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (July 2005). Appeared live on NBC’s Today New York in September 2003 to discuss the national do-not-call registry.

Awards:
• "2006 Faculty Member of the Year" by the Women's Law Center, Boston College Law School.

COURSES

Fall '07: No courses taught
Spring '08: First Amendment; Media Law

PUBLICATIONS

"Lapdogs, Watchdogs, and Scapegoats: The Press and National Security Information."  Indiana Law Journal 83: no.1 (Winter 2008): 233-305.


"Justice Thomas and the Electronic Media." In Online Symposium: Justice Thomas and the First Amendment. First Amendment Center Online,  10.08.07, http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=19107


"Citizen Journalism and the Reporter's Privilege." Minnesota Law Review  91 (2007): 515-591.


"Under Attack: The Public’s Right To Know and the War On Terror" (Symposium: Immigration Law and Human Rights: Legal Line Drawing Post-September 11) Boston College Third World Law Journal 25: no. 1 (Winter 2005): 35-80.


With Kevin T. Baine. "The Door to Open Government in Washington, D.C." In Tapping Officials Secrets: the Door to Open Government in the 50 States and D.C., DC1-DC12. Washington, D.C.: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2001.


"Standing to Allege Violations of the Doctrine of Specialty: An Examination of the Relationship Between the Individual and the Sovereign." University of Chicago Law Review 62 (1995): 1187-1213.