NEWARK — A former lecturer at one of New Jersey's public universities scored a legal victory as an appeals court says his off-campus incendiary comments on race and politics were free speech. New Jersey Institute of Technology hired Jason Jorjani in 2015 to teach philosophy. Ex NJIT professor Jason Jorjani wins appeals ruling - ex NJIT professor Jason Jorjani wins appeals ruling (Amazon.com author page) Ex NJIT professor Jason Jorjani wins appeals ruling - ex NJIT professor Jason Jorjani wins appeals ruling (Amazon.com author page) loading... NJIT hired a law firm to investigate whether Jorjani had disclosed his outside activities, and ultimately used that in failing to renew his contract. NJIT, which has its campus in Newark, has more than 13,000 students and a student-faculty ratio of 15:1.