Answers to our most frequently asked legal questions about yearbooks.
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An SPLC Tip Sheet: 5 Takeaways for Student Journalists from Rolling Stone's Libel Settlement
The now-resolved Rolling Stone libel case provides a roadmap of avoidable hazards that future journalists can observe when covering sensitive campus stories.
Copyright-safe materials available for re-publication in student media
Links to sites that offer downloadable images and music licensed for reuse
Fighting censorship after Hazelwood
For those student publications that are affected by the HazelwoodSchool District v. Kuhlmeier decision, First Amendment protectionshave been significantly reduced.
The SPLC First Amendment rights diagram
Download a diagram determining students' First Amendment rights by state.
Responding to school seizures and searches of cellphones
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.
Guide to avoiding trouble when publishing off campus
Creating an off-campus publication? A guide to avoiding trouble with your school.
Student media guide to liability in online publishing
Some of the more commonly asked questions from student media involving libel, invasion of privacy, liability for online communications and copyright and trademark law.