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Quick Facts

17% - Enrollment growth in the B.S./B.A. in legal studies program from 2007-2011

850 - Over 850 undergraduate legal studies majors in Fall 2011, making the program one of the largest undergraduate legal studies programs of its kind in the country

1st - UCF Legal Studies Department named as the inaugural site of the American Collegiate Moot Court South Atlantic Regional Tournament to be held December 2-3, 2011

4th - Edition of Foundations of Legal Research and Writing published by Associate Professor Carol Bast in 2010

Articles

2010

Donald W. Garland & Carol M. Bast, Is the Government Riding Shotgun? Recent Changes in Automobile Technology and the Right to Privacy, 46 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 295 (2010).

Robert H. Wood, The First Amendment Implications of Sexting at Public Schools: A Quandary for Administrators Who Intercept Visual Love Notes, Brooklyn Journal of Law & Policy (Spring 2010).

2009

Carol M. Bast, Choice of Law and Surreptitious Taping of Telephone Conversations, 54 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW 147 (2009-2010).

Carol M. Bast & Linda B. Samuels, Legal Studies Scholarship: Setting the Standard for Excellence, 26 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 263 (2009).

Maria T. Lopez & Carol M. Bast, The Difficulties in Prosecuting Stalking Cases, 45 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 3 (Jan./Feb. 2009).

Robert. H. Wood, Violent Video Games: More Ink Spilled Than Blood — An Analysis of the 9th Circuit Decision in Video Software Dealer’s Association v. Schwartzenegger, 10 Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law 103 (2009) (Lead article in Volume 10.2).

Robert H. Wood, Toy Guns Don’t Kill People; People Kill People Who Play With Toy Guns: Federal Attempts to Regulate Imitation Firearms in the Face of Toy Industry Opposition, New York City Law Review (Spring 2009).

Robert H. Wood, The Failure of Sexting Criminalization: A Plea for the Exercise of Prosecutorial Restraint, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review (Fall 2009).

2008

Carol M. Bast, Surreptitious Tape-Recording by Attorneys: Is It Ethical?, 39 ST. MARY'S LAW JOURNAL 661 (2008).

Carol M. Bast & Linda B. Samuels, Plagiarism and Legal Scholarship in the Age of Information Sharing: The Need for “Intellectual Honesty,” 57 CATHOLIC LAW REVIEW 777 (2008).

2007

Wood, R. H. Something Radical is Afoot: Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher and the Revolutionary Treatment of Price Fixing in the Joint Venture Context, 8 Barry Law Review 1 (Spring 2007).

2006

Linda B. Samuels & Carol M. Bast, Strategies to Help Legal Studies Students Avoid Plagiarism, 23 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 151 (2006).

Wood, R. H. Battle of the Acronyms: The DOJ and the GAO Square Off on the Use of VNRs, 16 Southern Law Journal 1 (Fall 2006).

Wood, R. H. (2006). Federal funds into the pockets of publicists: The prohibition against use of agency appropriations for publicity and propaganda. Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, 7 (102), 133-158.

2005

Katherine Daniels & Carol M. Bast, Difficulties in Investigating and Prosecuting Heroin Overdose Cases, 41 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 513 (2005).

Brown, C. A. & Trautman, N. E. (2005). Including Ethics in Police Training. Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Brown, C. A. & Trautman, N. E. (2005). Police Ethics Training. International Association of Ethics Trainers.

Brown, C. A. & Trautman, N. E. (2005). “Police Ethics Trainings’ State-of-the-Art,” in Use of Force: Journal of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association.

2004

Carol M. Bast & Susan Harrell, Ethical Obligations: Performing Adequate Legal Research and Legal Writing, 29 NOVA LAW REVIEW 49 (2004).

Carol M. Bast & Susan Harrell, Legal Citation at a Crossroads, 21 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 281 (2004).

Carol M. Bast, The First Amendment and Communication Privacy in the Balance: What Differentiates a Matter of Public Concern from a Matter of Private Concern?, 19 MIDWEST LAW REVIEW 1 (2004).

Carol M. Bast, E-mail in the Workplace: Use at Your own Risk, 9 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS 65 (2002)(released in 2004).

2003

Carol M. Bast & Susan Harrell, Legal Citation for the 21st Century, 19 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 15 (2003).

Carol M. Bast & K. Michael Reynolds, A New Look at Juvenile Curfews: Are They Effective?, 39 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 353 (2003).

2002

Jonathan A. Kessinger & Carol M. Bast, Bartnicki v. Vopper: A First Amendment “Clean Hands” Exception to Electronic Interception Law, 38 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 736 (2002).

Carol M. Bast & Susan Harrell, The Renewed Controversy Over Nonpublication and Noncitation Rules, 18 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 1 (2002).

2001

Carol M. Bast & Ransford C. Pyle, Legal Research in the Computer Age: A Paradigm Shift?, 93 LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL 285 (2001).

Carol M. Bast & Ransford C. Pyle, Contraband Forfeiture: Our Generation’s Inquisition?, 37 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 227 (2001).

2000

Carol M. Bast & Susan Harrell, Has the Bluebook Met Its Match? The ALWD Citation Manual, 92 LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL 337 (2000).

Carol M. Bast, Treatment of Statutes Requiring All-Party Consent to Tape Recording: Judicial Interpretation or Nullification?, 36 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 453 (2000).

1999

Carol M. Bast, Citation Wars and the Erosion of Traditional Citation Forms, 15 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 19 (1999).

Carol M. Bast, At What Price Silence: Are Confidentiality Agreements Enforceable?, 25 WILLIAM MITCHELL LAW REVIEW 627 (1999).

Carol M. Bast, “Clean Hands,” the First Amendment, and Publication of the Fruits of an Illegal Wiretap, 35 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 557 (1999).

Carol M. Bast, Pagers: Has Technology Eroded Privacy?, 6 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS 27 (1999).

1998

Carol M. Bast, What’s in a Name? Shepard’s Citators, 14 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 41 (1998).

Carol M. Bast, What’s Bugging You? Inconsistencies and Irrationalities of the Law of Eavesdropping, 47 DEPAUL LAW REVIEW 837 (1998).

1997

Carol M. Bast, Driving While Black: You May Stop Motorists on a Subterfuge published in 33 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 457 (1997).

1996

Carol M. Bast, Shepardizing: An Indispensable Legal Research Tool, 14 RESEARCH STRATEGIES: A JOURNAL OF LIBRARY CONCEPTS AND INSTRUCTION 112 (1996).

Margaret T. Stopp & Carol M. Bast, Rainmaking, Publishing, and the Legal Educator, 12 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 71 (1996).

Carol M. Bast, Cordless Telephones: If You Can’t Say Something Nice, You Might Want to Send a Letter, published in 32 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 403 (1996).

Carol M. Bast & Joseph Sanborn, Not Just any Sightseeing Tour: Surreptitious Taping in a Patrol Car, published in 32 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 123 (1996).

Carol M. Bast, Eavesdropping in Florida: Beware a Time honored but Dangerous Pastime published in 21 NOVA LAW REVIEW 431 (1996).

1995

Carol M. Bast, Publication of the Name of a Sexual Assault Victim: The Collision Between Privacy and the Press published in 31 CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN 379 (1995).

Carol M. Bast, The Plight of the Minority Motorist published in a special symposium issue "What Price Civil Forfeiture?" of 39 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW 49 (1994) (released in 1995).

Carol M. Bast, A Solution to the Evaluation Dilemma, 11 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 41 (1995).

Carol M. Bast, Lawyers Should Use Plain Language, 69 THE FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL 30 (October 1995) reprinted in two parts in Volumes 33 & 34 of In Brief, a publication Legal Secretaries International Inc. and reprinted in two parts in Volume XIV, Nos. 2 & 3 of The Catchline, a bulletin of the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions (a nonprofit organization of reporters of judicial decisions from courts throughout the United Stated and other countries).

1994

Carol M. Bast, Judicial Decision Making and the Legal System: Implications for Conducting Research, 12 Research Strategies: A JOURNAL OF LIBRARY CONCEPTS AND INSTRUCTION 238 (1994).

Carol M. Bast, Active Learning Strategy: Student-organized Businesses, 10 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 23 (1994).

1993

Carol M. Bast, Write Your Contracts in Plain English, 81 ILLINOIS BAR JOURNAL 431 (1993).

Carol M. Bast, Critique of Legal Research and Writing Textbooks, 10 JOURNAL OF PARALEGAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 83 (1993).

1990

James R. Flagg, Planning Under the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Law, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLU & ChFC. BALTIMORE CHAPTER, (1990).

James R. Flagg, The kiddie credit"—Do you qualify?, NOTES and FOOTNOTES, C.W. Amos & Company, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, (1990).