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Newsletter of the AEJMC Law Division (20:1) Fa 1992 S
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Headnote: 20th anniversary
By Kyu Ho Youm
Arizona State
Head, Law Division
The 1992-93 academic year marks the
20th anniversary of the Law Division. The
Division has now been well established as one of
the largest and most active AEJMC divisions and
interest groups. And we should naturally be proud
of what we have accomplished thus far. Most
importantly, we still maintain our worthy tradition
of promoting research and the teaching of media
law while providing valuable services for media
professionals.
As the Law Division enters its 20th year,
the Division officers, elected and appointed, are
already sensing a challenging task of preparing
the Division for the 1993 convention in Kansas
City. Dannis Hale (Bowling Green State), Law
Division vice head/program chair, is busy putting
together the panel proposals for the AEJMC
convention August 11-14, 1993. As he noted in
the summer 1992 issue of Media Law Notes, the
Division officers are open to ideas and suggestions
for workshops and panels at the 1993 convention.
To date, several interesting topics have
been suggested. Among them are news councils as
alternatives to libel litigation, research publication
in traditional law journals, new press laws in
former communist countries, and workshops on
Lexis and legal computer research services.
Innovative ideas and suggestions will be sorely
needed to make our activities more meaningful to
those attending our sessions in Kansas City. So the
more ideas the better.
Greg Lisby (Georgia State), the newly
elected clerk and Media Law Notes editor for 1992-
93, is equally busy with publishing Media Law
Notes on schedule. Maybe I should first say that
the Law Division is truly blessed with the serious
commitment that Greg has demonstrated to his
work in and outside the Law Division over the
years. (Greg was the paper competition
coordinator for the Mass Communication &
Society Division for the past two years and the
Law Division teaching chair last year; he was also
the superb coordinator of the 1992 AEJMC
Southeast Colloquium at Stone Mountain, Ga.) As
an accomplished scholar and a former newspaper
editor and reporter, he must be one of the best
MLN editors that the Law Division has had during
the past 20 years. His get-things-done modus
operandus as Media Law Notes editor shows in
every page of this issue.
Media Law Notes under Greg's editorship
will continue its unique role as a substantive
newsletter. The AEJMC Standing Committee on
Research stated recently: [T]he newsletter
offerings on research provide a fine example to
other divisions of how research can be successfully
included in regular communication to members
throughout the year. The Standing Committee on
Teaching agrees. In its report to the Law Division,
the Committee, terming Media Law Notes a useful
teaching tool, has characterized MLNs Directions
in Teaching column as effective in calling
attention to teaching concerns.
I am sure Media Law Notes will continue
to publish annotated bibliographies, from both
legal and non-legal journals, as a regular feature,
which the Teaching Committee has commended as
a valuable aid to teaching.
In accordance with the decision of the
Division at the Montreal convention (see the
minutes of the Law Division's business meeting in
this issue), I -- in consultation with Dennis and
Greg--have invited five Division members to serve
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