2002

see also Schools 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.

South Dakota High Court: Boy Illegally Convicted for School Comment (Free!) - posted 09/06/02

Florida College Takes Bid to Fire Professor to Court (Free!) - posted 08/22/02

School Sends 2nd-Grader Home for Sporting Blue Mohawk (Free!) - posted 08/21/02

Court Won't Halt Student Discussions of Book About Quran (Free!) - posted 08/19/02

National Media Organizations Come to Defense of College Press Freedom Before Appeals Court (SPLC) - posted 08/05/02

Student's Artwork Not a Threat to Officer, California Appeals Court Rules (Free!) - posted 08/08/02

Graduate Claims High School Clamped Down On Anti-Gay Message (Free!) - posted 07/31/02

Federal Appeals Court to Weigh In On College Press Freedom (Free!) - posted 07/25/02

Mascot Opponents Awarded Damages In Suit Against Illinois College (Free!) - posted 07/24/02

Jury Decides West Virginia Student Can Form Anarchy Club (Free!) - posted 07/16/02

California School Allows Newspaper Adviser to Keep Job for Coming School Year (SPLC) - posted 07/15/02

School District Can't Charge Christian Club to Use Campus Facilities (Free!) - posted 07/14/02

ACLU Supports Right of Iowa Students to Distribute Christian Literature at School (ACLU) - posted 07/11/02

Appeals Court Hears Case of Student Disciplined Over Pledge of Allegiance (Free!) - posted 07/01/02

Florida Student Sues After Being Left Out of Yearbook (Free!) - posted 06/23/02

New York Principal, Upset With Yearbook Cover, Will Not Let Student Attend Graduation (SPLC) - posted 06/20/02

Administrators at Pennsylvania, Indiana Schools Consider Axing Graduation Speeches (SPLC) - posted 06/20/02

Media Board Considers Firing Campus Newspaper Editor Over Parody Issue (Free!) - posted 06/20/02

Florida College, Students Settle Free-Speech Suit (Free!) - posted 06/19/02

Montana Student Who Was Expelled for "Hot Girls" Web Page Drops Suit Against School (SPLC) - posted 06/14/02

Adviser Ousted From Job in Ongoing Censorship Dispute at Baltimore High School (SPLC) - posted 06/14/02

Indiana High School Withholds Diploma After Student's Surprise Speech (Free!) - posted 06/14/02

California Underground Paper Fights Campus Disciplinary Charges (SPLC) - posted 06/12/02

Newspaper: FBI Worked Covertly to Harass University's Students, Faculty (Free!) - posted 06/10/02

Minnesota, Colorado Papers Apologize for Controversial Content in Parody Issues (SPLC) - posted 06/07/02

New York to Stop Editing Literature on Tests (Free!) - posted 06/05/02

Students Face Expulsion Under Strict Speech Policy Adopted by Virginia School Board (SPLC) - posted 06/05/02

New York Officials Under Fire for Altering Literature on Exams (Free!) - posted 06/03/02

NCAC and Others Call on Commissioner of Education to Stop Censoring Literature in Mandatory English Language Arts Regents Exams (NCAC) - posted 06/03/02

NYCLU and Coalition of Groups Demand End to Censorship on New York’s English Exams (ACLU) - posted 06/03/02

Federal Court Finds University of Illinois Violated Rights of Students and Faculty in Mascot Debate (ACLU) - posted 05/28/02

Two Houston Area Schools Censor Stories About Gay Students (SPLC) - posted 05/24/02

MA High School Settles Free Speech Case; Senior No Longer Banned from Prom and Graduation (ACLU) - posted 05/15/02

Students Stage Mock Funeral to Protest Proposed Free-Speech Zones (Free!) - posted 05/14/02

Administrators at Rhode Island University Pull Opinion Article From Campus Newspaper (SPLC) - posted 05/10/02

Judge won't Order School District to Lift Restrictions On Editorial (Free!) - posted 05/10/02

Editor of Purdue U. Paper Apologizes for Running "Offensive" Pat Oliphant Cartoon (SPLC) - posted 05/08/02

High School Journalist Sues School for Blocking Controversial Editorial (Free!) - posted 05/06/02

Girl Doodles Her Way Into 3-Day Suspension (Free!) - posted 05/05/02

California Paper Under Scrutiny After Running Masturbation Article (SPLC) - posted 05/02/02

Some Students Aren't Laughing at Raunchy Campus TV Show (Free!) - posted 05/02/02

Student Who Waved Unauthorized Banner During Torch Run Fights Suspension (Free!) - posted 05/01/02

Lawmakers Target College's Budget Over Professor's Writings On Pedophilia (Free!) - posted 05/01/02

Universities Struggle with Free Speech, Hate Speech (Free!) - posted 04/28/02

Story About Course Catalog Error Triggers Confiscation of Papers at California High School (SPLC) - posted 04/19/02

Journalism Council Protests Firing of College Newspaper Adviser (Free!) - posted 04/18/02

Florida Principal Pulls Student's Editorial Critical of Teacher's Extra-Credit Project (SPLC) - posted 04/18/02

Federal Judge: Boy Has No Right to Wear Packers Jersey to School (Free!) - posted 04/12/02

Michigan Principal Censors Investigative Story and Editorial on Lawsuit Facing School (SPLC) - posted 04/09/02

Florida A&M Students Win Right to Distribute Yearbook (SPLC) - posted 04/09/02

Independent Paper is Latest Victim at Louisiana School District Known for Censorship (SPLC) - posted 04/05/02

College Students: Revised Free-Expression Policy Still too Restrictive (Free!) - posted 04/04/02

Teen Asks South Dakota High Court to Overturn Disorderly Conduct Conviction (Free!) - posted 03/29/02

High School Officials Ban Independent Student Newspaper (Free!) - posted 03/28/02

Paper Runs Eulogies About Two Students Shot in Nation's Capital Despite Principal's Review (SPLC) - posted 03/27/02

Florida State Students Arrested for Protesting Outside "Free-Speech Areas" (Free!) - posted 03/27/02

Student in Trouble Over Web Site Loses Round in Bid to Return to Old School (Free!) - posted 03/20/02

Arkansas Students Cite Anti-Hazelwood Law in Censorship Battle with Principal (SPLC) - posted 03/14/02

Disregarding Judge's Order, Montana School Board Punishes Creator of "Hot Girls" Web Page (SPLC) - posted 03/14/02

Paper in Louisiana Ordered to Alter Teen Pregnancy Story by Removing Names (Free!) - posted 03/12/02

New Hampshire House Votes to Mandate Pledge of Allegiance in Schools (Free!) - posted 03/09/02

Indiana High School Editor Suspended for Taking Photos of Senior Prank (SPLC) - posted 03/07/02

Gallaudet U. Yearbooks Locked Away While Committee Ponders Their Release (SPLC) - posted 03/07/02

Opinion Article Removed from Arizona High School Paper (SPLC) - posted 03/06/02

Lawmakers Push to Make Pledge Mandatory in Schools (Free!) - posted 03/02/02

Student Actor Who Refused to Swear Asks Court to Reinstate Suit (Free!) - posted 02/28/02

Texas Principal Blames Poor Writing to Censor Safe Sex Spread (Free!) - posted 02/26/02

Parents, Principal in Washington Criticize Articles on Sex, Condom Use (SPLC) - posted 02/25/02

Drug Addiction Article Sparks Florida Principal to Review Paper (SPLC) - posted 02/21/02

Indiana School Halts Underground Paper, Suspends 3 Students (SPLC) - posted 02/21/02

Appeals Court Denies Rehearing for Washington Student Expelled for Writing Poem (SPLC) - posted 02/20/02

Chancellor, Student Government Condemn N.Y. Paper for Running Cartoon (Free!) - posted 02/15/02

"Free-Speech Zones" at Texas, Wisconsin Universities Challenged (SPLC) - posted 02/14/02

Wyoming Principal Censors Paper's Coverage of Student Vandalism (SPLC) - posted 02/12/02

California Principal Supports Editor in Protest Over Editorial (Free!) - posted 02/08/02

Student Fights Principal's Restrictions for Writing Letters to Texas Paper (SPLC) - posted 02/06/02

Student, Anti-Abortion Group Sue Texas College (Free!) - posted 02/05/02

Online Newspaper in Pennsylvania Blocked From School Computers (SPLC) - posted 02/04/02

School District in Washington State Considers Prior Review Policy (SPLC) - posted 01/31/02

Texas A&M U. Newspaper Apologizes for Cartoon (SPLC) - posted 01/29/02

Florida University Prohibits Release of Yearbook (Free!) - posted 01/23/02

Arkansas Court Rules Student's Rap Lyrics are Not Protected Speech (Free!) - posted 01/18/02
Read the Opinion from the Arkansas Supreme Court

Judge: Ban on "Straight Pride" Shirt Violated Student's Rights (Free!) - posted 01/18/02

Underground Paper at Massachusetts School Survives Censorship Threat (SPLC) - posted 01/15/02

Pennsylvania High School Journalists, Allies Fear Regulation Changes (Free!) - posted 01/12/02

Students at California School Battle Principal to Publish Paper Again (SPLC) - posted 01/08/02

Wyoming Paper Confiscated for Pro/Con Article on Elderly (SPLC) - posted 01/03/02