Personal profile
About
Professor Joseph J. Martins joined the faculty of Liberty University School of Law in fall 2011. Before coming to Liberty, Professor Martins spent five years in public interest law as a constitutional litigator and two years in private practice as a civil litigator.
Professor Martins’s research focuses upon constitutional liberties in the context of higher education. He is particularly interested in the free speech rights of faculty and students at public universities. Professor Martins has lectured extensively on a wide variety of constitutional issues as well as the jurisprudential foundations of law and of America’s legal system. Professor Martins’s recent articles have been published in the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Tulsa Law Review.
Before entering teaching, Professor Martins practiced public interest law, working on cases affecting the constitutional rights of citizens in the public square and public schools. Several of the cases he litigated yielded published decisions in federal courts of appeals and district courts around the country. Previously, he practiced for a general civil litigation firm in the areas of contract law, community association law, construction law, personal injury law, and property law. He also clerked for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice E. Riley Anderson. Professor Martins received his bachelor’s in history from the University of Virginia; he earned his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
At Liberty University School of Law, Professor Martins has taught Civil Procedure, Foundations of Law, and Jurisprudence, and he also serves as the Director for the Constitutional Litigation Clinic.
Education/Academic qualification
JD, University of Tennessee College of Law
B.A., University of Virginia
Disciplines
- Law
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Construction Law
- First Amendment
- Jurisprudence
- Religion Law
Research output
- 5 Article
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Losing Liberty: A Biblical Defense for the Freedom of Speech on Campus
Martins, J. J., Jun 1 2020, In: Faculty Publications and Presentations. 32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The One Fixed Star in Higher Education: What Standard of Judicial Scrutiny Should Courts Apply to Compelled Curricular Speech in the Public University Classroom
Martins, J. J., Jan 1 2017, In: Faculty Publications and Presentations.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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THE ONE FIXED STAR IN HIGHER EDUCATION: WHAT STANDARD OF JUDICIAL SCRUTINY SHOULD COURTS APPLY TO COMPELLED CURRICULAR SPEECH IN THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM?
Martins, J. J., Oct 2017, In: University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. 20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TIPPING THE PICKERING BALANCE: A PROPOSAL FOR HEIGHTENED FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION FOR THE TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
Martins, J. J., 2016, In: Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy. 25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First Amendment Enclave: Is the Public University Curriculum Immune from the Sweep of the Compelled Speech Doctrine?
Martins, J. J., Feb 7 2014, In: Tulsa Law Review. 50Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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