Lyrissa Lidsky is the Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair in U.S. Constitutional Law at Florida Law. The focus of her research and teaching is the intersection of Tort Law and the First Amendment, with an emphasis on defamation and free speech issues in social media. Lidsky is co-reporter on the Restatement of Defamation and Privacy, which is now in progress. She recently succeeded Judge Robert Sack as the author of Sack on Defamation. She has authored Media Law and First Amendment casebooks, a reference book on press freedom, and dozens of articles, culminating in a recent article in the Virginia Law Review, co-authored with Professor Christina Koningisor, called First Amendment Disequilibrium. Her works have been cited by a number of state supreme courts, federal courts, and the highest courts of Canada and Hong Kong. Lidsky was Dean of the University of Missouri School of Law from 2017-2022. Missouri Lawyers Media named Lidsky its 2020 Woman of the Year based on her scholarship, teaching and mentorship of students, and engagement of constituencies supporting the school of law.