Yale Law professor Scott J. Shapiro teaches hacking skills to train students for cybersecurity law
YALE LAW SCHOOL — To prepare future lawyers to shape cybersecurity policy, Scott J. Shapiro ’90 doesn’t focus on case law. Instead, the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law teaches students how to hack.
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PENN LAW — Dana Dyer L’22 has authored a trailblazing report shining a light on how AI contributes to racial bias in hiring processes for Black educators.
Read More about Recent Penn Law graduate Dana Dyer authors report on AI and inequities in the educator hiring processStanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily testifies before US Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
THE STANFORD DAILY — Digital platform giants, such as Facebook and Google, possess power “unrivaled in world history” over the flow of information, said Stanford law professor Nathaniel Persily J.D. ’98 during a Wednesday session of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law.
Read More about Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily testifies before US Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the LawUCLA Law student Eric Jones discusses how using laptops in class can aid students with disabilities
ABA JOURNAL — In an email to the ABA Journal, a UCLA Law spokesperson wrote that some professors believe laptops are detrimental to the in-person learning experience. That does not include circumstances where laptops are necessary for a disability-related accommodation, the spokesperson wrote, and the law school is working with the university’s Center for Accessible…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — A legal education can be the key to unlocking entrepreneurship, say the Harvard Law School graduates who created Evisort, a contract management platform driven by artificial intelligence.
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG SCHOOL OF LAW — The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announced the recipients of its second annual CodeX Prize at this year’s CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference. CodeX FutureLaw brings together researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, and policymakers worldwide to focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself…
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PENN LAW — As part of Penn’s Energy Week , the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) co-hosted a discussion on cryptocurrencies and their far-reaching environmental impacts with Duke Law’s Lawrence Baxter. Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, moderated the event, which was organized and co-sponsored by the…
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UVA TODAY — In 1996, Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act was passed as a way to provide a legal shield for online platforms with user-generated content. It states, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information…
Read More about University of Virginia Law hosts discussion on social media and democracyHow the pandemic has modernized the legal profession
ENTREPRENEUR — Covid-19 forced businesses and social interactions to rely on technology because of social distancing rules exacerbated by fear. The legal industry, being no exception, was forced to embrace technology, shedding unnecessary ritual and processes. The result became a more efficient industry, where client interests trump anachronistic conventions.
Read More about How the pandemic has modernized the legal professionGeorge Washington Law professor Steven L. Schooner contributes to study on small satellite space technology
GW LAW — The proliferation of SmallSat—or small satellite—space technology, capable of sensing ocean, coastal, atmospheric, and hydrologic data has created a booming industry. Opportunities to tap into innovative technology developed by companies in the private sector have grown exponentially for federal government agencies. A recent study conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,…
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