More ‌than half of the surveyed faculty members — 56% — reported at least occasionally feeling unable to express their opinions for fear of how students, colleagues or administrators would ​react, according to a

by the Foundation for ​Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit free speech advocacy group.

A ⁠similar

of U.S. university faculty found that 27% of ​respondents felt they could not express their opinions because of how others ​would respond.

• Conservative faculty members reported the most pressure to ​self-censor, at 72%. That compared with 60% among moderates and 50% ​among liberal faculty, reinforcing the common perception that law schools are skewed toward liberal ‌students ⁠and professors.

• 85% of law professors said that speech many find offensive but is used for teaching deserves complete First Amendment protection.

• 81% said a liberal individual would be a positive fit at their law school, while only ​44% said a ​conservative person would ⁠be a good fit.

• 61% of conservative law faculty described their law school’s political climate as hostile toward their ​political belief, compared with 11% of liberal law faculty.

• Conservative ​law ⁠faculty were more than three times as likely as liberal law faculty to report that they at least occasionally hide their political beliefs from other ⁠faculty ​in a bid to keep their jobs.