Free for school counselors and educators
Lantern: the global atlas of cyberbullying law
Bullying, cyberbullying and school phone laws in plain English, for every U.S. state and Washington, D.C. and countries around the world. Look up any place, or find your school district by ZIP code.
- 57 countries
- 164 states, provinces and countries
- 41,000+ U.S. ZIP codes
- 150+ official legal sources
For schools
Tools and guides
Training resources
A 45-minute staff training, practice scenarios, a staff checklist, family guides in English and Spanish, and a course module.
Guided training paths
Short lessons, one step at a time, with your own state or country’s law. Paths for staff, counselors, families (English and Spanish) and course instructors.
Compare places
Put any two places side by side, or print a report for one place.
Digital harm guide
How common online bullying is in each state, the main kinds of digital harm, how to respond, and key court cases.
One-page quick-start
A printable guide to using Lantern, for counselors and staff trainings.
What the professions say
Guidance on digital harm from ASCA, CACREP, APA and other professional and global bodies.
How to use Lantern
Help with searching, the map, keyboard use and screen readers.
For research and reporting
For researchers and reporters
How Lantern was built
Sources, methods, limits and the data download.
How to cite Lantern
Ready-made citations with the DOI.
Tell us how you use Lantern
A six-minute survey that helps improve Lantern and supports research on it.
Work with Dr. Rath
Training, talks and questions about Lantern
Dr. Rath leads trainings and speaks at schools, districts, universities and conferences about cyberbullying law, digital harm and the school counselor’s role. Get in touch to invite her to speak, plan a training, or ask about Lantern.
About the author
Sailee Karkhanis Rath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of School Counseling · Brooklyn College, CUNY
Dr. Sailee Karkhanis Rath is an Assistant Professor of School Counseling at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and a Licensed Professional School Counselor. She studies cyberbullying, digital harm and how school counselors are prepared to respond, and she created Lantern, a free atlas of cyberbullying law for school counselors and educators. Before counselor education, she led professional development for government school educators in India as a Gandhi Fellow. She trained as a school counselor at Vanderbilt University and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa.
- Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Licensed Professional School Counselor
- Creator of Lantern