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Area of law

Media & Communications Law

Speech, publishing, broadcasting and telecommunications.

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What this area covers

Media lawyers advise publishers, broadcasters and platforms on defamation, access to information and newsgathering. Communications lawyers work with the rules that govern broadcast, cable and telecommunications providers.

Also called: Communications Law, First Amendment Law, Media Law, Press Law, Telecommunications Law.

Typical legal work

  • Reviewing content before publication
  • Defending defamation and privacy claims
  • Advising on communications licensing and regulation

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • In-house legal departments
  • News organizations
  • Communications regulators

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Media & Communications Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

14 schools · 1 concentration · 10 clinics · 3 centers and institutes

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Forum on Communications Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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