The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about obtaining information and privacy laws.
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Confidentiality and Shield Laws FAQ
The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about confidential sources and reporter’s privilege.
Cyberlaw and online publishing FAQs
The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about Internet commenting and publishing online.
Guide to student press freedom at public colleges
State and federal courts have decided over 60 cases in the last two decades directly involving censorship of the college and university student press.
Access to college and university athletic program information
As college athletics become an ever-bigger enterprise at many schools, the student media has an ever-growing obligation to monitor their programs. The following guide should provide you with valuable tools for obtaining the information you need to do your job.
Student media guide to copyright law
The basics of copyright law as it applies to student media.
The SPLC First Amendment rights diagram
Download a diagram determining students' First Amendment rights by state.
Sample press release to help combat censorship
A press release, which provides accurate information — with a point of view — to news media, community members and others who might provide public attention or support is an important tool in getting your message out.
Don’t be mooted: A student plaintiff’s guide to keeping your case alive after graduation
Although graduation day is traditionally a time for celebration and for new beginnings, it can bring an unhappy ending to the legal claims of a student who is challenging school censorship. In general, challenges to school policies must be raised by currently affected students. When a student graduates, a court may dismiss her claims as moot.
Student media guide to due process claims
When Jill Snyder, an eighth grade student at Blue Mountain Middle School in Orwigsburg, Pa., was reprimanded for violating the school dress code, she decided to take matters into her own hands.[1] After school, Snyder went home to create a mock MySpace page ridiculing her school principal.