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...
24 Faculty Members Receive Promotion
Two dozen faculty members from the College of Community Innovation and Education were approved for promotion effective Aug. 8...
College of Community Innovation and Education 2022 Founders’ Day Honorees
Each year, UCF recognizes outstanding faculty and student accomplishments during the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Here are the College...
26 Exemplary Students Awarded 2022 Order of Pegasus
Awarded each spring, the Order of Pegasus is UCF’s most prestigious student honor...
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 Alumni Announces 2021 Shining Knights Award Winners
The honors include the Distinguished Alumni, Honorary Alumni, Young Alumni, Distinguished Student and the Champion’s Award...
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...
Faculty Members Honored with UCF Incentive Awards
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the 2021 UCF Teaching Incentive Program and Research Incentive Award...
25 Faculty Members Receive Promotion
In recognition of their commendable performance in assigned teaching, research and service, 25 faculty members from the UCF College...
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...
23 Students to Receive UCF’s Highest Honor
The 2021 Order of Pegasus recipients includes 15 Burnett Honors College students, six LEAD Scholars, six Student Government leaders, three...
UCF Names 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Winners
The 2021 class is scheduled to be honored in a celebratory event later this spring...
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...
From Food Insecurity to Food Manager: Graduating Senior Works to Combat Hunger
Naseeka Dixon, who will graduate May 2, has spent much of her time at UCF helping food-insecure students because she...
New Legal Studies Certificate to Begin This Fall
The Conflict Resolution and Analysis Certificate is offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels...
From Central Florida to Harvard Law
While at UCF as a dual major in legal studies and economics, Julienne Miranda became involved in every opportunity presented...
New Study Offers Clues to Origin of Laws
The study found that despite living in separate countries and legal codes separated by thousands of years, people have a...
Class Project: A Gender Change Petition
A UCF instructor and her legal studies class are striving to help a Central Florida woman born intersex change her...
UCF Camp for High School Students Inspires Future Legal Professionals
UCF Legal Studies developed a weeklong camp to introduce youth from Jones, Evans and Boone high schools to careers in...
Intersections of Law and Evolutionary Psychology
When Carlton Patrick read about biology’s application to the way we think about human psychology and behavior, it totally changed...
UCF Department of Legal Studies Hosts Renowned National Scientist
The Department of Legal Studies at UCF was proud and honored to host renowned national scientist Dr. Peter L. Platteborze...
Legal Research Provides Practical Guide for Airports to Navigate Rise in Civilian-Operated Drones
Hobbyist and commercial drone sales are projected to rise from 2.5 million in 2016 to 7 million in 2020, according...
UCF Undergraduates Publish New Law Journal
A new law journal written, edited and published by undergraduate students at UCF is now available and will be distributed...
Law Enforcement Officers from Mexico Visit UCF
The Department of Legal Studies was honored to receive police officers from six Mexican states April 17. The visit was...
Fighting the Dark Hearts: UCF Faculty, Alumni Combat Human Trafficking
Although the term “human trafficking” is relatively new, the phenomena it comprises – sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage...
