University of Houston Law professor Andrew Michaels co-awarded NSF grant for public policy algorithm project
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Law Center Assistant Professor Andrew C. Michaels was one of four University of Houston scholars who recently secured a $749,857 grant from the National Science Foundation for a Designing Accountable Software Systems funding opportunity. The grant will support a project that aims to create an accountability benchmark and software scoring…
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NEBRASKA TODAY — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law program will hold its annual conference, Nebraska Space Law Week, virtually from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Registration is available here. The event, now in its 14th year, traditionally has been held in Washington, D.C., and featured faculty-authored white papers, invite-only government-industry round tables, public…
Read More about University of Nebraska Law to host virtual space, cyber, and telecommunications law conferencePace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiatives
PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Pace University’s School of Education have been awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) as part of their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (“REU”) program. The award, “Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration of a Keystone Species in New York Harbor…
Read More about Pace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiativesUSC Gould Law professor Robin Craig published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A USC Gould School of Law professor is one of an international group of lawyers and scientists publishing a paper Aug. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that explores the continuing roles for government in overseeing the adaptive governance that emerges to manage climate change and…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Robin Craig published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWest Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reforms
WVU Today — Consumers in West Virginia and nationally are concerned about their digital data privacy, and there are few and often inconsistent laws to protect them—these are the findings of new research funded by the Center for Consumer Law and Education, a joint program between the West Virginia UniversityCollege of Law and Marshall University.
Read More about West Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reformsPandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely online
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It won’t be clear for a good while whether and how much the last year’s grand, unplanned experiment with remote learning has permanently altered the landscape for using technology to deliver college instruction. A first step, though, is getting good data on how patterns shifted during the last year — and that…
Read More about Pandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely onlineNew 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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