New York state bar assesses COVID-19’s effect on the future of the legal profession

September 20, 2021

REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”

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Podcast: Legal tech companies partner to expand services

September 20, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — Priori is an online platform known for using data and technology to connect in-house legal teams with lawyers and law firms who can assist with a wide variety of projects. But Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder at Priori, says the company noticed that clients were sometimes turning to its online marketplace for help

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Albany Law and University at Albany students create online tool to help community aid organizations

September 16, 2021

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — It often starts with a willingness to help. As community members come together to help one another out in times of need through a mutual aid group, an idea can grow beyond its original vision of lending a quick helping hand. That’s where students in Professor Ray Brescia’s The Law of Social Entrepreneurship and

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Drexel Law creates Center for Law and Transformational Technology to focus on legal issues in tech

September 16, 2021

TECHNICALLY MEDIA — Drexel University’s Kline School of Law today announced its new Center for Law and Transformational Technology (CLTT), a group of researchers and resources focused on the legal issues emerging from the tech industry.

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House of Lords committee invites UC Davis Law professor Elizabeth Joh to discuss new technology and the law

September 16, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — On Sept. 7, Professor Elizabeth Joh was a witness before the House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee. Joh spoke via Zoom to the committee members, who were gathered in person at the Palace of Westminster in London. Joh discussed new technologies and the application of law.

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University of Miami Law hosts We Robot legal and policy conference

September 15, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robotic systems are changing our society, our laws, and our social constructs at breakneck speed. We Robot, the annual, interdisciplinary conference on the emerging legal and policy questions relating to robots and the AIs that often control them, returns virtually to the University of

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New York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal profession

September 15, 2021

REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”

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Several law schools offer technology focused clinics

September 14, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — Law students from coast to coast are getting more hands-on training in privacy, as schools use technology clinics for training in an area of the law that’s exploding in popularity at firms and social justice organizations.

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Northeastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy post

August 25, 2021

NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern law scholar Rashida Richardson has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.

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How colleges can address concerns about student data and privacy

August 24, 2021

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Autumm Caines, an instructional designer at the University of Michigan at Dearborn whose work has included a co-authored Educause Review article on how colleges can help students question their data privacy, hopes so. “Any time you use anything digital, you’re creating more digital exhaust and a deeper digital footprint,” she says. “All

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