News Flashes
News Flashes

Join SPLC E-Mail List

Third Circuit hands down conflicting student speech rulings
2/4/2010


College journalists included in proposed amendment to Md. shield law
2/3/2010


Law would subject NSAA to open records, meetings regulations
2/2/2010


Va. bill aims to exempt university threat assessment teams from state's FOIA laws
2/1/2010


Pa. high school students form anti-censorship alliance
1/29/2010


SPJ report suggests changes to improve relations between Clark College, newspaper
1/29/2010


Teachers' union seeks to prevent publication of critical article in Nev. student paper
1/28/2010


Bill to include charter schools in Calif. student free expression law passes State Senate
1/26/2010


Student free expression bill introduced in Neb.
1/22/2010


Update to Calif. student free expression law to reach Senate floor
1/22/2010


Charge may be purged in Mo. photojournalist case
1/22/2010


Student staff members resign from high school paper following censorship controversies
1/21/2010


Editor resigns from student newspaper after publication of controversial cartoon
1/20/2010


PRESS RELEASE: SPLC, FIRE ask LACC Board of Trustees to investigate treatment of student newspaper
1/15/2010


Introduction of student free speech bill follows implementation of Calif. school's limiting publication policy
1/13/2010


Federal appeals court hears oral arguments in Doninger case
1/12/2010


PRESS RELEASE: SPLC urges court to dismiss subpoena requesting Northwestern student journalists' records
1/11/2010


Calif. high school settles censorship lawsuit
12/23/2009


Cancer ribbon tattoo delays distribution of Mo. high school paper
12/22/2009


'Statesman' staff members speak out against censorship at board meeting
12/18/2009


University of Wisconsin student governments subject to state open meetings law
12/18/2009


High school journalists ordered to print administration-approved newspaper
11/25/2009


Chapman University investigates newspaper theft
11/20/2009


ACLU considers taking action against Ohio high school over obituary censorship
11/18/2009


'Porn policy' rejected by University of Maryland's Board of Regents
11/16/2009


Fairfield University files harassment charges against student newspaper
11/16/2009


PRESS RELEASE: Student journalists sue Wisconsin college officials over spurious 'privacy' claims
11/11/2009


Trespassing charge upheld for JMU reporter
11/10/2009


Swine flu death certificates withheld from Calif. student journalists
11/10/2009


Prosecutors accuse former Medill students of paying off witnesses
11/10/2009


Miss. student journalist to plead not guilty to disorderly conduct charges
11/6/2009


PRESS RELEASE: Courage in Student Journalism Awards announced
11/5/2009


Photos of shirtless males cut from yearbooks on principal's orders
11/4/2009


Newspaper policies addressed following 'walk of shame' column
11/3/2009


Language of proposed shield law would extend protection to student journalists
11/3/2009


Butler drops libel lawsuit against student blogger
10/30/2009


Principal pulls interview from student paper, replaces with edited version
10/30/2009


Principal demands tattoo ads be pulled from student newspaper
10/28/2009


JMU journalists face disciplinary action after on-campus reporting
10/27/2009


Ohio principal censors student obituary and photograph
10/23/2009


Police investigate newspaper theft at Vincennes University
10/21/2009


PRESS RELEASE: SPLC mourns passage of Jack Nelson, award-winning journalist and author
10/21/2009


Northwestern journalism students fight subpoenas
10/20/2009


'Porn policy' under review at U. of Maryland
10/19/2009


Principal censors newspaper's articles about tattoos
10/16/2009


'Walk of shame' column prompts protests at Fairfield University
10/15/2009


Butler president defends school's choice to file lawsuit against blogger
10/15/2009


Calif. college newspaper adviser loses form of compensation
10/14/2009


Estimated 10,000 issues of Daily Wildcat stolen at University of Arizona
10/8/2009


High school students permitted to distribute previously censored newspaper
10/8/2009


Independent student paper files lawsuit against Oregon State University
10/7/2009


University of New Hampshire investigates newspaper thefts
10/6/2009


Va. high school plans to adjust newspaper policy
10/2/2009


JMU behavior code governs off-campus expression
10/1/2009


PRESS RELEASE: SPLC attorney hits milestone of public service
10/1/2009


Student journalists fear plan will allow administration to control content
10/1/2009


Kan. student newspaper will run previously censored anti-censorship column
9/30/2009


Pa. student journalists arrested while covering G-20 protests
9/29/2009


PRESS RELEASE: Wisconsin college editor honored for open-records advocacy
9/28/2009


See more News Flashes
SPLC - Student Press Law Center
Resource Center News Flashes About SPLC SPLC Report SPLC Members SPLC Store


Site Search | Site Map


From the SPLC Blog



© 2010 Student Press Law Center

Read Our Privacy Policy

Check This Out
Check This Out



— SPLC in the News —
Recent media coverage of the Student Press Law Center and some of the cases or issues in which the Center is involved


SPLC is currently accepting applications for our summer 2010 journalism internships
Deadline: Feb. 5



law of the student press cover

Have you picked up your copy yet? Law of the Student Press, 3d Ed.


Download our January podcast. Columbia College Professor Suzanne McBride and her students Nicole Leonhardt and Patrick Smith discuss their investigation into Illinois' discretionary tuition-waiver program for state legislators.

February 5: Spring 2009 SPLC Journalism Internship Deadline


SPLC 35th Bday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPLC!



An SPLC Exclusive: Request public records from state/local government agencies using our free Automated FOI Law Request Letter Generator

Read SPLC’s latest Annual Report

Have a legal question at 2 a.m.? The SPLC Virtual Lawyer never sleeps!