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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 ...
Irene Pons

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 ...
UCF Moot Court Dominates in University of Chicago’s Invitational Tournament

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 ...
UCF Mediation Team Takes Home Multiple Awards in Brenau University Invitational Tournament

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 ...
Shannon Waiters

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 ...
Irene Pons

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 ...
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Forged in Fire

After enduring childhood abuse, Anthony Daniels spent years in the court system and social services. That experience has inspired him ...
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UCF Docuseries on Border Immigration Nominated for 3 Emmys

A documentary version of the docuseries, which captures reality at the Texas-Mexico border, also premieres at the Orlando Film Festival ...
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UCF Faculty Member Appointed to Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals

In his new role as an appellate judge, Eric Merriam is part of a panel of judges that reviews appeals ...
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