Course Syllabus

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Faculty Information

Brian L. Frye
917-273-2382 | brianlfrye@gmail.com | Faculty Page 
College of Law 
202 Bosworth Hall

I prefer that you contact me via email at brianlfrye@gmail.com. You may email me at any time, and I will respond as soon as possible. I check my email very regularly, and will usually respond within a few minutes, unless I am sleeping or otherwise occupied. The telephone number listed above is my cellphone. You may call or text me if necessary, but I am more likely to see an email than a phonecall or a text message.

You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. You can watch videos I have created and shared on YouTube and Vimeo. You may also be interested in my podcast, Ipse Dixit, which focuses on legal scholarship. You can find my scholarship on SSRN.

Course Description

A study of the legal issues facing the news media. The course will focus on the rights, constraints and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution, federal and state statutes, administrative law and common law. Specific topics include prior restraint, libel, privacy, student media, copyright, broadcast regulation, the court systems, commercial speech and access to courts and public records

Prerequisites

JOU 531-001 is restricted to JOU majors in primary window, then open to other majors in the School in secondary windows after provisional majors have registered

Required Materials

All of the materials required for the course will be available on Canvas.