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About
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Erica Goldberg, J.D.
Professor of Law
Professor Erica Goldberg's research aims to harmonize civil duties with civil liberties in a non-partisan way. Her scholarship primarily focuses on the intersection of tort law remedies and First Amendment rights. Professor Goldberg teaches a variety...
Professor Erica Goldberg's research aims to harmonize civil duties with civil liberties in a non-partisan way. Her scholarship primarily focuses on the intersection of tort law remedies and First Amendment rights. Professor Goldberg teaches a variety of classes, including Torts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, and a seminar on the current Supreme Court term.
Prior to joining the Gonzaga Law faculty, she was a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law and an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University Law School. She also taught Legal Research and Writing as a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Penn State Law School.
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Professor Goldberg clerked for Judge Ronald L. Gilman on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, practiced appellate litigation at Latham & Watkins LLP, and served as a legal fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Professor Goldberg has helped write briefs and petitions filed before several courts of appeals and the Supreme Court.
Professor Goldberg's work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Connecticut Law Review, and Michigan Law Review First Impressions. She blogs at In a Crowded Theater, and links to her blog posts have appeared in media including The Washington Post and CNN.com. In her free time, Professor Goldberg enjoys aerial arts like silks and lyra, rock climbing, running, and binge watching documentary series.
Prior to joining the Gonzaga Law faculty, she was a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law and an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University Law School. She also taught Legal Research and Writing as a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Penn State Law School.
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Professor Goldberg clerked for Judge Ronald L. Gilman on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, practiced appellate litigation at Latham & Watkins LLP, and served as a legal fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Professor Goldberg has helped write briefs and petitions filed before several courts of appeals and the Supreme Court.
Professor Goldberg's work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Connecticut Law Review, and Michigan Law Review First Impressions. She blogs at In a Crowded Theater, and links to her blog posts have appeared in media including The Washington Post and CNN.com. In her free time, Professor Goldberg enjoys aerial arts like silks and lyra, rock climbing, running, and binge watching documentary series.
Erica Goldberg, Academic Freedom Undermined, 85 Md. L. Rev. Online 1 (2026).
Defining and Balancing Equity, 24 NEV. L.J. 115 (2023).
First Amendment Contradictions and Pathologies in Discourse, 64 ARIZ. L. REV. 307 (2022).
Common Law Baselines and Current Free Speech Doctrine, 66 VILL. L. REV. 311 (2021).
Free Speech Values in the Classroom, in Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present and Future (Joseph Russomano ed., Lexington Books 2021).
First Amendment Cynicism and Redemption, 88 U. CIN. L. REV. 959 (2019).
“Good Orthodoxy” and the Legacy of Barnette, 13 FIU L. REV. 639 (2019) (symposium issue).
Competing Free Speech Values in an Age of Protest, 39 CARDOZO L. REV. 2163 (2018).
Free Speech Consequentialism, 116 COLUM. L. REV. 687 (2016).
Emotional Duties, 47 CONN. L. REV. 809 (2015).
Getting Beyond Intuition in the Probable Cause Inquiry, 17 LEWIS & CLARK L. REV. 789 (2013).
Commentary, How United States v. Jones Can Restore Our Faith in the Fourth Amendment, 110 MICH. LAW. REV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 62 (2012)