A two-day national symposium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will focus on students’ First Amendment rights on the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier decision.
A two-day national symposium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will focus on students’ First Amendment rights on the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier decision.
In the Hazelwood case, the Supreme Court ruled that a high school principal’s decision to delete two articles from a student newspaper was not a violation of the students’ First Amendment rights.
The Student Press Law Center and Education Week are joining the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy, the First Amendment Law Review and the N.C. Scholastic Media Association to host the Nov. 8-9 symposium.
Attendees may register for one ($30, $10 for students) or both days ($50, $15 for students) at http://hazelwoodsymposium.unc.edu. The deadline for registration is Nov. 2.
At the symposium, experts from the fields of law, education and journalism will discuss how the rise in censorship — including the recent leap of Hazelwood from K-12 schools to college campuses — has affected young people’s civic readiness. Has the pendulum swung too far toward school authority, and how can schools foster meaningful civic participation from their students in a Hazelwood world? Speakers include original Hazelwood plaintiffs Cathy Kuhlmeier and Leanne Tippett Mosby.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication contact: Kyle York, (919), 966-3323, sky@unc.edu