On September 30, the Student Press Law Center and UC Berkeley Journalism bring together First Amendment litigators and frontline student journalists for an afternoon of candid, expert-led discussion on what is happening, what the law requires, and how journalists at every level can protect themselves and their work.
This session delivers concrete legal guidance for covering protests and highlights recent cases in which students have been subjected to wrongful discipline and prosecution.
Student journalists who cover protests face a unique set of dangers: arrest, suspension, confiscation of equipment, and disciplinary proceedings for exercising their First Amendment rights.
Presenter:
Jonathan Gaston-Falk, Senior Staff Attorney, Student Press Law Center. An education law attorney with over a decade of experience representing both students and school districts, Gaston-Falk brings a rare dual perspective to the legal questions surrounding student media in all its evolving forms.
Hero photo: People gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest President Trump’s aggressive deportation policies, blocking lanes on the 101 Freeway on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Xavier Zamora (’27)
Sponsors
SPONSORS
The Student Press Law Center, UC Berkeley Journalism, Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and Gibson DunnLOCATION
North Gate Hall Logan Multimedia Center
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