Student Press Law Center

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Student Press Law Center

Abbreviation	SPLC
Formation	1974 (1974)
Type	501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Tax ID no.	52-1184647
Purpose	Advocate for student journalists and open government on campus
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Region served	United States
Executive Director	Gary Green
Website	splc.org

The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote, support and defend press freedom rights for student journalists at high schools and colleges in the United States. It is dedicated to student free-press rights and provides information, advice and legal assistance at no charge for students and educators.^[1]

SPLC was founded in 1974.^[2] The Kennedy Memorial Foundation and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press created the center at the recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry into High School Journalism in Captive Voices, a book that found that censorship was pervasive and identified the need for an organization that would stand up for students’ First Amendment rights.^[3] The center became a separate corporation in 1979.^[4] It is the only legal assistance agency in the United States with the primary mission of educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and supporting the freedom of expression of student news media to address issues and express themselves free from censorship.^[5][6][7]

SPLC is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) corporation. It is headquartered in the University of California Building in Washington, D.C. It was previously headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, where it shared a suite of offices with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.^[8]