Faculty & Staff
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Lyrissa
C. Barnett Lidsky UF Research Foundation Professor Professor of Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 e-mail: lidsky@law.ufl.edu 352.392.9002 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 5700 - Torts (4
credits)
Civil liability for harm caused by wrongful acts that violate non-contractual duties imposed by law. Covers negligence and other theories of liability as prescribed by the instructor.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6750 - Professional
Responsibility & the Legal Profession (2 or 3 credits)
This course examines the role of the individual lawyer and the legal profession as an entity in contemporary society. Topics include the role of the lawyer as advocate, counselor and community leader; the ethical and moral obligations of lawyers to their clients, other lawyers and society as derived from general ethical and moral principles and as embodied in the Code of Professional Responsibility; problems encountered by the lawyer in representing particular categories of clients, including corporations, criminal defendants and indigents.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6852 - Media Law
(2 or 3 credits)
Not available to students who have taken or are taking Legal Problems of Mass Communications (LAW 6930). This course focuses on the bodies of law regulating the gathering and dissemination of information by the media, including constitutional, statutory, and common law. Specific topics that will be covered in the course include the following: defamation and privacy, liability for physical and economic harms caused by the media, copyright, subpoenas and searches, media access to information, and regulation of broadcasting. Special attention will be given to the problem of regulating new technologies and to adapting first amendment theory to deal with new technologies.
Prerequisites: None.