William and Mary Law symposium looks at the history and impact of Brown v. Board of Education

March 11, 2024

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — On Friday, February 16, 2024, the Institute of Bill of Rights Law, the William & Mary Law Review, and the Institute for the Study of Education, Democracy, and Justice convened a symposium on “Brown v. Board of Education at 70.”

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California Bill looks at artificial intelligence usage rules for lawyers

March 11, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — A California lawmaker is exploring rules on how legal professionals use artificial intelligence—particularly the type that can generate text and other content on its own—when filing court documents.

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A look at the uses of generative artificial intelligence in the legal profession and legal education

March 11, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Over the past year, the legal technology (LegalTech) field has been experiencing a significant renaissance of interest in light of generative AI capabilities.

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LMU-Loyola Law Loyola professor Rebecca Delfino authors paper on the costs of litigating AI or deepfake evidence

March 11, 2024

LAW 360 — Loyola Law School professor Rebecca Delfino recently published a paper about how the costs of litigating artificial intelligence-generated or deepfake evidence, in particular expert witness fees, create access to justice barriers for litigants.

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William and Mary Law Center for Legal and Court Technology hosts conference on generative artificial intelligence

March 11, 2024

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — To engage these issues, on Friday, February 9, 2024, the Center for Legal & Court Technology at William & Mary Law School hosted the 2024 Problematic Generative AI conference, where panelists shared their expertise and perspectives on Generative AI from diverse perspectives of International Law, Research, Policy, and Industry.

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A look at the budget cuts at West Virginia University and president Gordon Gee

March 11, 2024

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — E. Gordon Gee likes to tell a joke that goes like this: When he first became a university president, in 1981, at age 37, he was doing a bad job.

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Group of Harvard University faculty file for union recognition

March 11, 2024

THE HARVARD CRIMSON — Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers filed for official union recognition with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday.

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College Board to shift to digital only SAT

March 11, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students can say goodbye to those No. 2 pencils, portable sharpeners and big pink erasers; they no longer need to worry about having legible handwriting or fully shading the answer bubbles. The SAT is now completely digital.

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US Supreme Court sends university free speech challenge back to lower courts

March 11, 2024

SCOTUS BLOG — Amid the debate over free speech on university campuses, the justices on Monday set aside a decision by a federal appeals court in a case involving whether so-called “bias-response team policies” – procedures created by universities to solicit, track, and investigate reports of bias – chill students’ speech.

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A look at delays in the new FAFSA process

March 11, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Politics, priorities and a set of unforced errors unraveled the Education Department’s best-laid plans for a federal aid overhaul. Critics say they should have seen it coming.

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