With ones membership in the Journalism Education Association, one receives
a subscription to SPLC Report, the official magazine of the Student Press
Law Center (http://www.splc.org/). A nonprofit
organization dedicated to providing legal help and information to the student
media and journalism educators, SPLC is the best place to turn for reliable
and up-to-date legal advice.
The Student Press Law Center also provides the following services and publications:
- SPLC On-Line Legal Clinic
- SPLC News Flash
- SPLC Model Guidelines
- Free legal help
- Law of the Student Press
- Covering Campus Crime: A handbook for Journalists
- Rights, Restrictions & Responsibilities: Legal and Ethical Issues
for the Yearbook Journalist
- The Starting Point: Young Journalists and the Law, a 41-page
guide to the special legal and ethical issues involved when journalists
are minors and when journalists interview sources who are minors
The Student Press Law Center offers these packets and reprints:
- Hazelwood v. Huhlmeier: A Complete Guide to the Supreme Court Decision
- Student Media Guide to Cyberspace Law (Parts 1 and 2)
- Student Media Guide to Copyright Law
- Liability for Student Media: Whos Responsible?
- Access to Common High School Records
- Access to Student Government Meetings
For information on ordering these and other publications, visit the Student
Press Law Center Web site.
Comments, Complaints, Problems? Please address them to Carol
Lange.