RESOURCES

These nine guides are designed to help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.

This guide helps scientists understand how U.S. universities, state agencies, and international institutions approach scientific integrity.

More than 400 government attacks on science and one public database to search them all: The Silencing Science Tracker.

This report describes the existing protections for scientific records, and their applications, in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Open records laws are valuable tools for government transparency, enabling the public to request documents related to state and federally…

Our national network of lawyers at public and private universities serve as the first point of contact for researchers with questions about legal issues.

This guide provides best practices for engaging in advocacy and protests; CSLDF attorneys wrote it with input from experts at the American Civil Liberties Union.

This guide covers things scientists can do to avoid putting themselves at risk when sending an open letter or signing a public petition.

This guide helps scientists know what to expect—and what to safeguard against—when serving as an expert witness.

This guide helps researchers understand how to best express their personal views and engage in activism online.

Many forms of advocacy are fine to engage in, but a few areas require caution. This guide helps scientists understand and navigate U.S. anti-lobbying laws.

Scientists must be prepared for politically-motivated attacks. We produced this guide to educate scientists about the legal risks they may face.