Best Ideas in the Teaching of Communication Law and Policy

The Law and Policy Division sponsored a contest in 2009 to recognize innovative ideas for teaching communication law and policy. Submissions were judged based on creativity, innovation, practicality and overall value in teaching communication law and policy to our students.

Winning submissions will receive a certificate and a cash prize -- $100 for first prize; $75 for second prize; and $50 for third prize -- and will present their ideas to division members during our AEJMC convention business meeting.

Here are the winning ideas for 2009:

• First place: "Blogging and the First Amendment," Steven Helle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Second place: "Multimedia Course Project for Mass Comm Law Survey Class," Robert Kerr, University of Oklahoma

• Third place: "Using Literary Works to Teach Mass Media Law," John Bender, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Third place: "First Amendment in Practice: Free Expression & Local Action," Brian Carroll, Berry College

The winning ideas are outlined in this PDF.

Thanks go out to the judges and to everyone who submitted an idea.

Dan Kozlowski
Teaching Standards Chair, 2008-09