University of Baltimore Law Innocence Project exonerates and wins compensation for client
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — For Shipley, 48, whose exoneration came following months of investigation by the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic, the total payout will amount to $2.13 million. Exonerees will be paid $78,916 for each year they were imprisoned, with the first payment expected within 30 days. Shipley was behind bars for…
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CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW — Inspired by a growing number of CUNY Law students committed to studying technology in law, in the spring of 2019, Joe collaborated with Mark Berman of the NYSBA to create a survey course on “Tech & Law.” Professor Rosenberg credits the success of the course to the passion, commitment, and knowledge of…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Third-year law students from the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center have set the bar high in this season’s noteworthy trial competitions. Fordham won first place at the Queens District Attorney’s National Trial Competition that concluded on October 20.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Business Law and Innovation (CBLI) at Lewis and Clark Law School hosted its first Xperiential workshop on October 19 with Trevor Jones and Michael Labbee from Intel and luncheon speaker Shawn Filippi ’99 from NW Natural.
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TULANE HULLABALOO — Last night, 1,334 students and faculty attended the first event in the Tulane’s Presidential Speaker Series featuring Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sotomayor has served on the Supreme Court for 10 years and is the first Latinx justice to be appointed. Justice Sotomayor discussed her book “Just…
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VOX RECODE — Algorithms are grading student essays across the country. So can artificial intelligence really teach us to write better? The reason it’s so hard to figure out who’s affected by AI grading is because there’s not just one program that’s being used. There are a bunch of different algorithms, made by a bunch of different…
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Excess of Democracy (By Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) looks at the Supreme Court clerks class of 2009 and lists where the former clerks are now employed.
Read More about Where are they now? Supreme Court clerks, OT 2009Bringing famous defendants into the Criminal Procedure classroom
The Faculty Lounge (By Brian Gallini) — Professor Gallini (University of Arkansas Law) announces an upcoming series of blog posts on teaching criminal procedure through high-profile cases highlighted in “true crime” documentaries and podcasts. He discusses the value of teaching criminal procedure through these familiar cases.
Read More about Bringing famous defendants into the Criminal Procedure classroomJournalist Bob Woodward leads discussion on government oversight at American University Washington College of Law
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — On Wednesday, Oct. 2, author and Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward, along with Chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Michael Horowitz, discussed the significance of federal oversight. The event was hosted in celebration of the launch of American University Washington College of Law’s newest student publication, oversightproject.org, which…
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