Hudson, David L.: - David
L. Hudson, Jr., J.D. is an Assistant Professor of Law, teaching
First Amendment Law and Bar Exam Workshop at Belmont University's
College of Law. For 17 years, he was an attorney and scholar at the
First Amendment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Hudson also has
taught classes at Vanderbilt Law School and the Nashville School of
Law, and he served as a senior law clerk for the Tennessee Supreme
Court. In June 2018, the Nashville School of Law awarded him its
Distinguished Faculty Award. He earned his undergraduate degree from
Duke University and his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School. He is
an author, co-author, or co-editor of more than 40 books, including
Visible Ink Press's The Handy Law Answer Book, The Handy
Supreme Court Answer Book, and The Handy American History
Answer Book, as well as Let The Students Speak: A History of
the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools and The
Encyclopedia of the First Amendment (co-editor). He writes
regularly for the American Bar Association's Preview of United
States Supreme Court Cases and
ABA Journal, the First Amendment Watch, and the Free Speech Center.