Looking at the impact of the Penn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program

July 27, 2022

PENN LAW — In recent years, entrepreneurs across countless industries have leveraged technology in ways that expand our capabilities, networks, and opportunities. Among them is Miguel Willis, Innovator in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative, who is dedicated to using the power of technology to ensure that

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Law school magazine honors Suffolk Law student Aubrie Souza

July 27, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Since the summer of her first year of law school, Souza has been working on mobile-friendly “smartforms” for state courts and other related projects. Little by little, she’s been learning Python, YAML and other coding languages.

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Syracuse Law establishes Certificate of Advanced Study in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship

July 26, 2022

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — Syracuse University’s College of Law and Martin J. Whitman School of Management (Whitman) are launching a new Certificate of Advanced Study in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship (CASTLE).

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How the pandemic has affected the legal profession’s use of technology

July 14, 2022

BLOOMBERG LAW — The Covid-19 pandemic has required the legal industry to quickly adapt to an unprecedented wave of changes. Legal technology continues to play an imperative role in this reshuffling, and despite some initial hesitancy by law firms and legal departments, legal tech is proving to be a valuable resource in allowing the legal

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Professor Kenton Brice on Training the Next Generation of Lawyers and the Future of Legal Tech

July 4, 2022

THE DIGITAL EDGE — Today’s law students grew up side by side with technology and typically view it as an integral part of their lives and futures as lawyers. As such, today’s law schools are working to support students through more robust legal technology training and development.

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NYU Law professors discuss the rise of NFTs at online panel

June 29, 2022

NYU LAW — Intellectual property experts Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, and Christopher Jon Sprigman, Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law, met virtually with digital artist Mitchell F. Chan to discuss non-fungible tokens, or NFTs in an April 6 NYU Law Forum sponsored by Latham & Watkins.

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How legal tech is influencing law schools

June 21, 2022

LAWYER MONTHLY — Technology is changing the way we live and work, and this too is having an impact on the legal sector. Just like any other profession, being a lawyer has changed drastically over the years and legal tech lies at the forefront of this.

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IIT Chicago-Kent Law professor Daniel Martin Katz co-authors paper on teaching artificial intelligence legalese

May 24, 2022

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — When it comes to teaching machines how to understand and utilize language, it turns out that the more legalese that they know, the better, according to a new paper co-authored by Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor and Law Lab Director Daniel Martin Katz.

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Yale Law professor Scott J. Shapiro teaches hacking skills to train students for cybersecurity law

May 23, 2022

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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Recent Penn Law graduate Dana Dyer authors report on AI and inequities in the educator hiring process

May 17, 2022

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.

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