New York state bar assesses COVID-19’s effect on the future of the legal profession
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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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…
Read More about Podcast: Legal tech companies partner to expand servicesAlbany Law and University at Albany students create online tool to help community aid organizations
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…
Read More about Albany Law and University at Albany students create online tool to help community aid organizationsDrexel Law creates Center for Law and Transformational Technology to focus on legal issues in tech
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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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 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…
Read More about University of Miami Law hosts We Robot legal and policy conferenceNew York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal profession
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.”
Read More about New York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal professionSeveral law schools offer technology focused clinics
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.
Read More about Several law schools offer technology focused clinicsNortheastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy post
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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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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