The Law and Policy division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is dedicated to exploring the wide range of legal and policy issues that surround mass communication and free expression by supporting members’ research and teaching efforts. The division also plays a prominent role in AEJMC’s efforts to promote professional freedom and responsibility by serving as a bridge between academic work and public understanding of topics of free expression.
The Law and Policy division encourages members to present their research at the regional and national AEJMC conferences and has brought a wide range of communication law and policy practitioners – journalists and lawyers – together with scholars to share their insights on issues such as student press freedom, minority ownership of media, the ethical impact of legal decisions, the Freedom of Information Act, and comparative media regulation.
Membership in the division includes a subscription to Media Law Notes, our quarterly newsletter, and to Communication Law and Policy, the division’s quarterly research journal. Communication Law and Policy publishes high-quality research using traditional legal research and social science techniques; ethnographic, international, or comparative analyses; or other appropriate approaches to pertinent topics. Founded in 1996 and indexed in the Lexis law review database, the journal is one of the top peer-reviewed journals for research in communication law and policy.
Please explore our website to learn more about the division. You can find our division constitution and bylaws here. And here is a list of current division leadership and past division heads. Let any office know if you have questions or if you're interested in joining us. Welcome!