State Bar of Wisconsin

Wisconsin News Reporters' Legal Handbook - Fifth edition

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter One - Wisconsin Fair Trial and Free Press Principles and Guidelines
  • Purpose
  • Principles to Ensure Free Press and Fair Trial
  • Guidelines for Criminal Proceedings
  • Guidelines for Juvenile Proceedings
  • Guidelines for Civil and Administrative Proceedings
• Chapter Two - Rules Governing Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Wisconsin Judicial Proceedings
  • Gene Purcell's Tips for Electronic Newsgathering in the Wisconsin Court System
  • Supreme Court Rules
    • Authority of Trial Judge
    • Media Coordinator
    • Equipment and Personnel
    • Sound and Light Criteria
    • Location of Equipment and Personnel
    • Courtroom Light Sources
    • Conferences
    • Recesses
    • Official Court Record
    • Resolution of Disputes
    • Prohibition of Photographing at Request of Participant
    • Inapplicability to Individuals; Use of Material for Advertising Prohibited
  • Judicial Guidelines for Dealing with News Media Inquiries
  • Four Rules for Judges
• Chapter Three - Courts and Court Procedures
  • Part A: Wisconsin State Courts
    • Criminal Cases
    • Initial Appearance and Setting Bail
    • Preliminary Hearing, Arraignment, and Substitution
    • Motions
    • Change of Plea
    • Trials: Jury Trials and Court Trials
    • Trials: Jury Selection
    • Trials
    • Sentencing: The Sentencing Hearing
    • Sentencing: Sentencing Options
    • Competency and Mental Disease or Defect
    • Postconviction Proceedings
    • John Doe Investigations
    • Juvenile Matters
    • Civil Cases
    • Probate
    • Municipal Courts
  • Part B: Federal Courts in Wisconsin
    • Criminal Cases
    • Civil Cases
    • Bankruptcy and Reorganization
    • Endnotes
• Chapter Four - Issues of Access: Privilege, Open Records, Open Meetings, Rights of Privacy, and Defamation
  • The Journalist's Privilege
    • Source of the Journalist's Privilege
    • Scope of the Privilege
  • Open Records
    • Procedure for Obtaining Records
    • Types of Records Available
    • Woznicki Notice and Review Procedures
    • Records Subject to Woznicki Notice
    • Time Limits on the Woznicki Procedure
    • Other Statutory Requirements
    • Enforcement
  • Open Meetings
    • Scope of the Open Meetings Law
    • Procedure to Close a Meeting
    • Enforcement
  • Access to Courtrooms
    • Cameras in the Courtroom
    • Access to Juvenile Court Proceedings
  • Newsgathering Techniques
    • Recording a Telephone Conversation
    • Access to Private Property
  • Right of Privacy
  • Defamation
    • Elements of Defamation
    • Who May Sue for Defamation
    • Defenses
    • Damages
  • Endnotes
• Chapter Five - Internet Resources for Reporters
  • Archives
  • Civics Education Organizations
  • Civics Education Standards and Reports
  • Contemporary Court and Criminal Justice Issues
  • Continuing Education for Teachers
  • Courts
  • Government
  • Law- and Government-related Reference
  • Law-related Education
• Chapter Six - Glossary of Common Legal Terms

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