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Tag: tipsheet

An SPLC Tip Sheet: 5 Takeaways for Student Journalists from Rolling Stone's Libel Settlement

News
June 20, 2017September 5, 2018 Student Press Law Center

The now-resolved Rolling Stone libel case provides a roadmap of avoidable hazards that future journalists can observe when covering sensitive campus stories.

Tagged Columbia Journalism School, libel verdicts, news-recent, recent-news, Rolling Stone, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Copyright-safe materials available for re-publication in student media

Legal
September 6, 2016October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Links to sites that offer downloadable images and music licensed for reuse

Tagged copyright, Copyright guides, legal-guides, legal-research, public domain, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Fighting censorship after Hazelwood

Legal
November 6, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

For those student publications that are affected by the HazelwoodSchool District v. Kuhlmeier decision, First Amendment protectionshave been significantly reduced.

Tagged high school press freedom guides, legal-research, tip-sheet, tipsheet

The SPLC First Amendment rights diagram

Legal
July 29, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Download a diagram determining students' First Amendment rights by state. 

Tagged high school press freedom guides, legal-research, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Responding to school seizures and searches of cellphones

Legal
January 1, 2012October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

While a school has leeway to decide how and when cellphones may be used, the Fourth Amendment restricts the ability of any government agency to seize a person’s property or search the contents of that property, including a phone. Learn what the law does — and doesn't — protect.

Tagged legal-research, Protecting sources guides, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Yearbook Law FAQ

Legal
September 1, 2011March 9, 2022 Student Press Law Center

Answers to our most frequently asked legal questions about yearbooks.

Tagged legal-research, tip-sheet, tipsheet, Yearbook guides, yearbooks

Guide to avoiding trouble when publishing off campus

Legal
January 1, 2011October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Creating an off-campus publication? A guide to avoiding trouble with your school.

Tagged Independent/Off-Campus Press Freedom, legal-research, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Student media guide to liability in online publishing

Legal
September 1, 2004October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Some of the more commonly asked questions from student media involving libel, invasion of privacy, liability for online communications and copyright and trademark law.

Tagged Cyberlaw guides, legal-research, tip-sheet, tipsheet

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