Causes: Arts & Culture, Censorship, Freedom of Speech & Press, Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Legal Services, Media & Communications

Mission: The Student Press Law Center works at the intersection of law, journalism and education to promote, support and defend the rights of student journalists and their advisers at the high school and college levels.

Target demographics: Student journalists (and their advisers) at the high school and college levels

Geographic areas served: United States

Programs: The Student Press Law Center supports, promotes and defends the rights of student journalists and their advisers at the high school and college levels. Independent journalism is crucial to a healthy democracy. The nonprofit, nonpartisan SPLC provides information, training and legal assistance - at no charge - to student journalists and the educators who work with them. Founded in 1974.