Carol M. Bast is professor in the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida, where she has taught for the past thirty years. She teaches Legal Research and Legal Writing and authored an undergraduate textbook on those topics. She teaches the survey course, Law and the Legal System, and co-authored an undergraduate textbook used in the course. Her areas of research and writing include eavesdropping and wiretapping, plagiarism, legal ethics, legal research, legal writing, and international trade agreements. She served as editor in chief of the Journal of Legal Studies in Business, November 2008 – November 2010; she served as editor in chief of the Journal of Legal Studies Education, August 2006 – August 2008. Prior to becoming a professor, Bast clerked for a federal district judge and practiced corporate, securities, and real estate law. She received her LL.M. in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona in 2016, her J.D. magna cum laude from New York Law School in 1982, and her B.A. from Kalamazoo College in 1974.
Carol M. Bast is professor in the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida, where she has taught for the past thirty years. She teaches Legal Research and Legal Writing and authored an undergraduate textbook on those topics. She teaches the survey course, Law and the Legal System, and co-authored an undergraduate textbook used in the course. Her areas of research and writing include eavesdropping and wiretapping, plagiarism, legal ethics, legal research, legal writing, and international trade agreements. She served as editor in chief of the Journal of Legal Studies in Business, November 2008 – November 2010; she served as editor in chief of the Journal of Legal Studies Education, August 2006 – August 2008. Prior to becoming a professor, Bast clerked for a federal district judge and practiced corporate, securities, and real estate law. She received her LL.M. in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona in 2016, her J.D. magna cum laude from New York Law School in 1982, and her B.A. from Kalamazoo College in 1974.
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University of Central Florida
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Legal Studies