ANNUAL FALL MEETING (2010)
Speechless in Nebraska:
The High School Press
Frank LoMonte on High School Speech
Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska (AFCON)
Fall Program and Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Country Inn and Suites/Beacon Hill Restaurant
5353 N. 27th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska
Speechless in Nebraska: The High School Press will explore issues surrounding student expression, including Nebraska incidents and personal accounts. We are fortunate to have Frank LoMonte as our guest speaker. LoMonte is Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center based in Arlington, Virginia.
The program will include presentation of Academic Freedom Awards and the AFCON annual membership meeting.
About Frank LoMonte: LoMonte is an experienced commercial litigation attorney who joined SPLC after practicing with the Atlanta-based law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and clerking for federal judges on the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Before law school, LoMonte was an award-winning investigative journalist and political columnist in state Capitol bureaus in Florida and Georgia and in Washington, D.C., with the Morris newspaper chain. LoMonte graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was a senior editor of the Georgia Law Review.
About the Student Press Law Center: Since 1974, the Student Press Law Center has been the nation's only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and supporting the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship. The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics. In addition, the SPLC operates a formal Attorney Referral Network of approximately 150 lawyers across the country who are available to provide free legal representation to local students when necessary. Approximately 2,500 student journalists, teachers and others contact the Center each year for help or information. Calls come from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
