Links to Professional Resources

  • MLRC Blog: Actions Against Online Speech, Media Law Resource Center 
    • The Media Law Resource Center provides numerous exhaustive resources on media law, but most of their reports and publications are not free. The blog, however, is free and gives an updated list of legal activity tied to libel and online speech. This resource is useful for instructors and students.
    • Follow on Twitter: @MediaLawMLRC and @MLRCInstitute

 

  • Libel in Fiction, First Amendment Center
    • This page within the First Amendment Center’s website provides some detail on a specialized topic within libel—works of fiction. Research attorney David L. Hudson, Jr. of the First Amendment Center writes this interesting and informative piece.
    • Follow on Twitter: @1stAmendmentCtr and @Kenpaulson1

 

 

 

  • Louisiana State University Law Center
    • An overview of intentional infliction of emotional distress law, with a brief mention of negligent infliction of emotional distress.
    • Follow on Twitter: @LSULawCenter