Alex Abdo, the Litigation Director at Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, has a background as a Senior Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. Prior to that, Alex served as a Law Clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Alex holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University.
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, and public education. Its aim is to promote a system of free expression that is open and inclusive, that broadens and elevates public discourse, and that fosters creativity, accountability, and effective self-government.