Advocate Gilbert Marcus, speaking at the launch of the Freedom of Expression's Law Clinic on the 22 August 2007, asked: "Why do we need a Freedom of Expression Institute at all if our Constitution and the Constitutional Court have laid down such an impressive foundation for the protection of freedom of expression? He went on to give four reasons why the Freedom of Expression Institute "is as important now as it has ever been".

Read the full text of Adv Marcus' speech.