CYBERBULLYING: Hot air or harmful speech?In this post-Columbine age of zero tolerance for school bullying, school administrators take a tough stance against bullying behaviors that occur on campus. But do schools have the authority to censure the often vicious student-on-student bullying, known as “cyberbullying,” that takes place online and away from campus?
GRASSROOTS GATORS: Gators for Higher Education legislative advocacy programWith more than 300,000 UF graduates living in 100 countries across the globe and in every state in the nation, the Gator Nation truly IS everywhere — especially in Florida. That’s the strategic premise behind the University of Florida Gators for Higher Education program.
STICKS AND STONES: When does free speech go too far?The Internet has facilitated an explosion of instant, worldwide online communications that, in many ways, has outpaced the agility of the courts to consistently apply the law to nuances in circumstances wrought by the technology. Recent court decisions to unmask anonymous Internet speakers accused of defamatory speech demonstrate this balancing act.
FACULTY OP-ED: Juveniles' sentences are too cruelAssistant In Law Lauren Fasig. Sentencing juveniles to life in prison for non-homicide crimes should be found to be cruel and unusual punishment because juvenile offenders are not fully developed and do not exercise the same judgment as adults.
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