UNC School of Journalism Issues Recommendations to Help Meet Community Info...
Back in January, the center hosted a workshop that brought together more than 50 media scholars, professionals, attorneys and community leaders to discuss how Internet, cable television, satellite...
View ArticleMedia Workshop at FCC on June 26th
Should be interesting: On June 26, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities will host a public meeting to review a draft report prepared by a...
View ArticleThe FCC, Media Ownership and the Tar Heel State
This Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m., the Center will be joining with Common Cause to hold a public discussion of the Federal Communication Commission’s media ownership rules and their impact on the...
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A UNC Student’s Summer Experience at the FCC
As I mentioned back in March, the Center provides summer grants to UNC law and graduate students who have unpaid or low-paying public interest jobs in the field of media law or media policy. (I hope...
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Looking for a Job in Media Law?
Looking for a job can be time consuming and frustrating. Often the best opportunities are found through networking and word of mouth. But what if you are a student or recent grad? Or are trying to...
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Hearst TV CEO and ABC News President to Headline Inaugural Hargrove...
We are pleased to announce that on November 4, 2013, the Center will host the inaugural Wade H. Hargrove Communications Law and Policy Colloquium. Friends and colleagues of Wade Hargrove established...
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New FCC Chair to Industry: Unlock Customers’ Phones
The back-and-forth over regulation of wireless phones continues this week. New FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler asked the CTIA Wireless Association to recommend that its members, including AT&T, Verizon...
View ArticleAppeals court (mostly) strikes down net neutrality rules
The D.C. Circuit today held that the Federal Communications Commission’s network neutrality nondiscrimination rules were invalid because the FCC lacked the authority to regulate how Internet providers...
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Call for Papers – First Amendment Networks: Issues in Net Neutrality
On October 24, 2014, we will be partnering with the First Amendment Law Review to help host their annual symposium, which will be focused on network neutrality and the First Amendment. We’ll post more...
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Job opportunities in media law at your fingertips
It’s never too early – or too late – to start looking for the internship, fellowship, or job that is right for you. However, the process of sifting through hundreds of postings looking for what you...
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Make the Most of Your Winter Break
Whether you are seeking a summer internship or post-graduate employment, the winter break provides a great opportunity for you to further your job search. If you are interested in media law, the UNC...
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Scholarship Winners 2016
The UNC Center for Media Law and Policy has awarded $6,000 in scholarships to three law students working in unpaid or underpaid internships in the field of media law and policy this summer. These are...
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A Student’s Reflections on Interning at the FCC
From Varsha Mangal, a 3L at UNC School of Law and recipient of one of the Center’s Summer Public Interest Grants: This past summer, I interned at the Office of General Counsel at the Federal...
View ArticleC-SPAN, UNC-TV to televise inaugural Hargrove Colloquium
C-SPAN and UNC-TV will televise today’s inaugural Wade H. Hargrove Communications Law and Policy Colloquium, hosted by the Center for Media Law and Policy. Hearst TV CEO David Barrett and ABC News...
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Immerse Yourself in IP and Media Law at the UNC Festival of Legal Learning
One of the biggest annual events at the UNC School of Law is the Festival of Legal Learning. This two-day convocation of legal geekery comprises 113 different continuing legal education (CLE) sessions...
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A UNC Student’s Summer Experience at the FCC
From Morgan Schick, a second-year law student at the UNC School of Law, who interned at the Federal Communications Commission and received one of the Center’s Summer Grants: Last summer, I interned for...
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