The Berkeley Liberty Initiative
For more than a decade, the Berkeley Liberty Initiative (BLI) has promoted the diversity of perspectives at UC Berkeley. The Ambassador Frank E. Baxter Lecture that the BLI hosts annually enriches the university’s intellectual life by hosting leading thinkers whose expertise and scholarship focus on the ideal of freedom in political and economic life. And the BLI creates opportunities for our students and campus community through collaborative events with organizations like AEI, FIRE, and the Heterodox Academy.
2026 Baxter Lecture Featuring Eugene Volokh: AI, The Law & Free Speech
Thursday, March 19, 2026
4:30 p.m.
Banatao Auditorium
University of California, Berkeley
BLI is pleased to present distinguished speaker Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and professor at UCLA School of Law, for a lecture and discussion on the intersection of AI, the law, and free speech. Following the lecture, guests are invited to attend a reception.
Registration opens February 5 and closes March 16, 2026.
Co-Sponsoring Student Organizations:
Active Voicez
The Berkeley Forum
BridgeUSA at Berkeley
