Legal Assistance
If you want to learn more aout journalists' legal rights and responsibilities, check out the resources in our Know Your Rights section. If you you're pretty sure you have a legal issue, here's where help starts:
Virtual Lawyer: The SPLC virtual lawyer conducts a short, online interview with you to provide general answers to your media law questions and help you find additional information.
Online Legal Request Form: The SPLC's legal staff is on call to answer questions, and refer you to local volunteer counsel if needed. Submit a request for help here, or if it's extremely urgent, call our hotline at (703) 807-1904.
FOI Letter Generator: Welcome to our unique fill-in-the-blanks letter generator, used more than 100,000 times to assist journalists and other citizens obtain access to public records maintained by government officials.