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New Legal Studies Department Chair Receives Warm Welcome from Community

Law firm Colling Gilbert Wright welcomed Lisa Nored to UCF’s Department of Legal Studies with a celebratory evening, ushering in ...
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UCF Legal Studies Documentaries Receive 5 Emmy Nominations

Two documentary projects chronicling senior lecturer Irene Pons ’00 and her students’ journey along the U.S.-Mexico border have earned major ...
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UCF Professor, Aviation Lawyer on the Future of Flying Vehicles

Associate Professor Tim Ravich, who specializes in research regarding the regulation of new technologies like advanced air mobility, discusses what ...
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Legal Studies Class Focuses on Death Row, Hears from Exonerees

Assistant professor Aramis Ayala’s class covers the history behind death row, providing students with unique opportunities to visit death row ...
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Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF

The NSF-funded conference on Friday will explore how laws could lift or ground the use of autonomous, uncrewed aircraft to ...
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Legal Studies Lecturer Offers Students a Life-Changing Spring Break

What started as an immersive spring break experience in 2020 has turned into an award-winning docuseries and annual experience for ...
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Undergraduate Law Journal Provides Invaluable Opportunity for Students

The journal allows undergraduate students to publish their researched articles before reaching the law school level ...
New Undergraduate Social Work and the Law Certificate Provides Insight into How Two Disciplines Support Mutual Goals

New Undergraduate Social Work and the Law Certificate Provides Insight into How Two Disciplines Support Mutual Goals

The certificate will provide undergraduate students an understanding of the intersection between social work and the law in order to ...
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UCF Moot Court Sends Four Teams to American Moot Court Association’s National Championship Tournament

Four two-person teams competed at the national tournament, with one of them placing in the top 16 in the nation ...
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UCF Moot Court Dominates in University of Chicago’s Invitational Tournament

UCF’s two teams ousted 26 others to force an all-UCF final round and take first and second place ...
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UCF Mediation Team Takes Home Multiple Awards in Brenau University Invitational Tournament

Members won first-place team of mediators and team of advocates/clients, along with other individual and pair awards ...
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Knights at Work Downtown: Legal Studies Students Share Insights from Internships

UCF Downtown had the opportunity to speak to three students that were able to gain internships even throughout the COVID-19 ...
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From Army Veteran to UCF Graduate

The hardest thing Shannon Waiters faced in the classroom wasn't the content: It was the transition from being an Army ...
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UCF Lecturer Takes on Diversity and Inclusion

Legal studies faculty member, Irene Pons, talks about her work with immigration law and how she provides learning opportunities for ...
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UCF Legal Studies Students Help State Attorney Educate Youth on Effects of Underage Drinking

Working with the state attorney’s office, students gained real-world experience while strengthening their skills in speaking to the public, interviewing ...