Rodgers divides this edition of the Free Speech Yearbook into four categories: "Historical Studies"; "Contemporary Issues"; "Franklyn S. Haiman's Speech and Law in a Free Society: Four Retrospective Critiques"; and "Resources and Reviews."
Contributors are Stephen A. Smith, Donald Fishman, John Bassett, Joseph A. Bulsys, John J. Makay, Gene Lanier, James Tallmon, Koron L. Jahn, Paul Siegel, William E. Bailey, Raymond S. Rodgers, Franklyn S. Haiman, William A. Linsley, Eric Holcomb, Henry L. Ewbank, Charles C. Howard, Tony Parker, and Edward Funkhouser.