
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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
The certificate will provide undergraduate students an understanding of the intersection between social work and the law in order to ...

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’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
Members won first-place team of mediators and team of advocates/clients, along with other individual and pair awards ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forged in Fire
After enduring childhood abuse, Anthony Daniels spent years in the court system and social services. That experience has inspired him ...

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 ...

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 ...