Mary-Rose Papandrea

Mary-Rose Papandrea is an academic and professor best-known for her work in media and constitutional law.

Education

In 1992, Papandrea graduated from Yale College cum laude with her bachelors degree in Humanities. She then attended the University of Chicago Law School, served as the Topics & Comments Editor of the Chicago Law Review, and obtained her Juris Doctor degree in 1995 with High Honors.

Career

Before entering into the world of academia, Papandrea was a law clerk for Associate Justices David H. Souter and Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. She also clerked for Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Additionally, she practiced law at a firm in Washington D.C.

Papandrea has had her articles published across several law schools, including Stanford University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago in addition to co-writing a textbook entitled Media and the Law, Second Edition. She has also spoken and moderated at conferences, podcasts, and events throughout the United States on a range of topics, primarily the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, national security, and citizen journalism.

Papandrea began her career as a professor at the Boston College Law School. Currently, she serves as the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Starting August 2025, she will be the Inaugural Holder of the Burchfield Professorship of First Amendment and Free Speech Law at the George Washington University Law School.