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SPLC Services
Legal assistance and defense
- Free telephone opinions and advice to student journalists, advisers and administrators on any media law topic
- Letters providing written opinions
- Consultation with lawyers representing student journalists and filing friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of students in litigation
- Analysis of cases and litigation
- Evaluation of existing publications guidelines and regulations, or assistance with the development of new ones
- Referrals to local attorneys willing to represent students on a pro bono basis.
Educational Outreach
- Speaking at journalism seminars and workshops
- Offering internships for law and journalism students
- Serving as a clearinghouse for information on the legal issues confronting the student press to the media and the public
- Co-sponsoring the Courage in Student Journalism Award, which recognizes outstanding support for the free press rights of students
by individual student journalists or student media.
Click here for more information about obtaining an SPLC speaker for your event.
Publications
The Student Press Law Center publishes a number of free or low-cost publications
of special interest to student journalists, journalism educators, school administrators and attorneys. Among them:
- the SPLC Report,
the Center's three-times-a-year magazine, and
- Law of the Student Press, 2nd Edition, a 269-page book that discusses the
common legal problems faced by the student media.
See the Legal Research section of this Web site or the SPLC Store for other publications produced by the SPLC.
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