Legal Scholar focusing on Campus Speech and Discrimination

Kimberly Yuracko is a nationally recognized expert in antidiscrimination law and student speech protections. Her forthcoming book, Sex and Sports, explores the legal, medical and ethical issues relating to transgender girls' participation in girls' sports. Her work (with Max Schanzenbach) explores the nature of the university-student relationship including contractual, statutory and constitutional student speech protections.

Yuracko is the Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She received her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her Ph.D (Political Science) from Stanford University. She is the former dean of Northwestern Law School and former Associate Provost for Special Projects for Northwestern University. She has published widely in top law reviews and has placed op-eds concerning higher education in the Chicago Tribune, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education and Bloomberg.

Engagement as an HxA Member:
Presented at HxA Virtual Event, Summit, or Conference
Featured in HxA Member Story
Guest on HxA Podcast
HxA Writers Group Member or Veteran
Active Moderator of an HxCommunity
Active HxA Campus Community Co-Chair
Author of essay in inquisitive magazine or HxA's blog
Former or Current Faculty Fellow at HxA's Segal Center for Academic Pluralism
Speaker's Title and Institutional/Organizational Affiliation: Judd and Mary Morris Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Event Type :
Lecture/Presentation
Fireside Chat
Book Talk
Film Screening + Talk
Constitution Day Event
Classroom Visit
Workshop
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Debate, Forum, or HxConversation
Speaking Topics - List up to 5 specific topics or titles, each separated by a semicolon: Student Speech Regulation; Transgender Girls and Girls' Sports; Title IX; Title VI; Antidiscrimination Law
Blackout Dates (Dates speaker is unavailable, Days/Month/Year): Flexible
Distance Willing to Travel: Any/No Limits to Travel Radius
Scholarly Area: Law
Modality of Event : In Person and/or Virtual
Willingness to be recorded: Willing
Speaking Fee (Not including travel/lodging expenses): $1,000-$2,499 USD
Recent Appearance (1 of 5) -title, host institution, year: Deregulating Student Speech, HxA Conference 2025
Recent Appearance (2 of 5) -title, host institution, year: Debate: Transgender Girls' Participation in Girls' Sports, Federalist Society NYC Lawyers Chapter (2024)
Recent Appearance (3 of 5) -title, host institution, year: University-Student Speech Policies, Northwestern Law School Federalist Society, 2024
Recent Appearance (4 of 5) -title, host institution, year: Trans Rights in the Current Political Landscape, Northwestern Law School, 2025
Recent Appearance (5 of 5) -title, host institution, year: Transgender Inclusion and Girls' Sports, Fordham Law School, 2023
Link to Speaker's Professional Website (to include sample writings and more extensive bio): https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/kimberlyyuracko/