Education
- JD, University of Washington School of Law
- BA, Washington State University (Summa Cum Laude)
Biography
Wes Henricksen is an Associate Professor at Barry University School of Law, where he has taught since 2016. Professor Henricksen teaches and writes about constitutional law, with a focus on First Amendment free speech protections. He has won awards for his teaching and scholarship, and his work has been cited in testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives.
Professor Henricksen was selected to present his article, Scientific Knowledge Fraud, at the Stanford-Penn-Northwestern Junior Faculty Forum for Law and STEM at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He was one of nine law professors chosen on a blind review basis. He has also presented his scholarship at other law schools, workshops, and conferences.
Professor Henricksen is the author of two books. His most recent book is In Fraud We Trust, published by the University Press of Kansas, which aims to offer solutions to the recent rise in falsehoods on digital platforms. In the book, he argues that the laws put in place to address fraud have failed to keep pace with the new ways that have emerged to carry out fraud on a large scale. Accordingly, new rules are required to make the fraud law framework effective in today’s digital world. His other book, Making Law Review, was published by Carolina Academic Press. It is now in its second edition.
Professor Henricksen teaches, or has taught, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Torts, and Securities Regulation, among other courses. Barry Law students voted him Professor of the Year in 2018, 2019, and 2022.
Prior to joining the Barry Law faculty, Professor Henricksen clerked for the Hon. Bruce J. McGiverin at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and spent a decade in private practice in Miami and San Diego. He graduated number one in his major and with summa cum laude honors at Washington State University, and received his J.D. from the University of Washington, where he served as the Executive Notes & Comments Editor on the Washington Law Review. Professor Henricksen has worked, lived, or studied in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, and he is fluent in Spanish. He is admitted to the state bars of California, the District of Columbia, and Florida.
Professor Henricksen’s most recent publications and working papers can be found on the Social Science Research Network.
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Barry Law Professor to Present at Stanford-Penn-Northwestern Law and STEM Forum