The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication
Fifth Edition
Links to Professional Resources
- American Bar Association
- This website has links to excerpts from an ABA publication about free press and fair trial, and allows a free download of the entire publication.
- Follow on Twitter: @ABAEsq
- Prof. Doug Linder, University of Missouri–Kansas City Law School.
- This page of the Constitutional Conflicts online library explores topics related to fair trials.
- Prof. Linder does not have a Twitter account, but you can follow The University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School: @UMKCLaw
- ’Lectric Law Library
- This website is an online legal resource with a wide range of references, including a law dictionaryand this page discussing media coverage of courts.
- Follow on Twitter: @LLawLibrary
- American Prosecutors Research Institute, Rape Shield Laws
- APRI provides up-to-date summaries of state laws.
- Federal Judicial Center, Sealing court records and proceedings: A Pocket Guide (2010)
- This government site provides access to research and educational materials on the federal court system.
- C-SPAN
- Among its various materials, you will find a chart providing information on federal experiments with cameras in the courts.
- Follow on Twitter: @CSPAN
- Open the Government
- This 2008 Secrecy Report Card details executive branch use of “state secrets” to close judicial proceedings
- White House Open Government Initiative
- This is the website created by the Obama Administration in support of its Open Government Initiative.
- Follow on Twitter: @OpenGov