Description: Founded in 1974, the Student Press Law Center is an independent, non-partisan 501c(3) which works to promote, support and defend the First Amendment and press freedom rights of high school and college journalists and their advisers. The SPLC is a national organization based in Washington, DC. The SPLC has a 15-member Board of Directors consisting of professional educators, journalists, lawyers, students and others who care deeply about student press freedom. SPLC also has a professional staff who run the legal hotline, design and implement programs, develop educational materials, and conduct training throughout the United States. The SPLC’s headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The SPLC is a small but scrappy organization which over the years has had a tremendous impact in protecting and promoting student press freedom.
Phone: (202) 785-5450
City: Washington, D.C.
