Law firms partner with law schools to develop legal tech tools and programs
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law schools have been adding courses designed to foster technological skills at least since the start of the last decade. Fifty schools offered programs on legal services delivery as of last year, according to an index of law school innovation Linna created.
Read More about Law firms partner with law schools to develop legal tech tools and programsBYU Law launches online resource to assist with expungement of criminal records
UTAH BUSINESS — BYU Law announced the development of Goodbye Record – an online resource assisting individuals, legislators, and corporate partners to address flaws in the expungement process, and implement solutions to permanently protect second chances for individuals who have had their records expunged.
Read More about BYU Law launches online resource to assist with expungement of criminal recordsNational Conference of Bar Examiners will not use facial recognition for online bar exams
BLOOMBERG LAW — Officials from the National Conference of Bar Examiners refute an earlier Bloomberg Law Insight about future bar exams administered via computer. They say the next generation of bar exams will be administered in-person on computers and monitored by on-site proctors and dispute the assertion that AI facial recognition technology was used in proctoring…
Read More about National Conference of Bar Examiners will not use facial recognition for online bar examsHofstra Law launches Legal Tech Skills Certificate
HOFSTRA LAW — The six-week Legal Tech Skills Certificate will teach lawyers, paralegals, and legal support personnel the essential skills needed to use the programs law firms already use daily – Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat.
Read More about Hofstra Law launches Legal Tech Skills CertificateNorthwestern Law celebrates UN World Creativity and Innovation Day
NORTHWESTERN NOW — It’s been a busy few weeks for entrepreneurs across the Northwestern University campus. Tight teams of undergraduate and business school students at various phases of ideation and fundraising came together virtually at a variety of events to highlight creative inventions in time for the United Nations’ World Creativity and Innovation Day.
Read More about Northwestern Law celebrates UN World Creativity and Innovation DayPenn Law visiting international professors shifts online amid pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Each year, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Bok Visiting International Professors Program brings several internationally recognized experts to the Law School to lead intensive seminars, engage with faculty and students, and bring important global perspectives to the Law School community.
Read More about Penn Law visiting international professors shifts online amid pandemicUniversity of Tennessee Law professor Jennifer Svilar publishes study on use of artificial intelligence to combat bias in the criminal justice system
THE CRIME REPORT — It’s “misleading and counterproductive” to block the use of machine-learning algorithms in the justice system on the grounds that some of them may be subject to racial bias, according to a forthcoming study in the American Criminal Law Review.
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NEBRASKA TODAY — Beginning in the fall semester of 2021, the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center will offer new technology governance curriculum. The classes are taught in the College of Law but are open to all graduate students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, acknowledging the interdisciplinary nature of technology.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law Governance and Technology Center curriculum addresses interdisciplinary nature of technologyAmerican University Washington College of Law co-launches online free speech legislation tracker
DUKE TODAY — Reporters covering the complicated yet bipartisan reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act can more easily monitor the legislation through a new tracker designed by students at Duke and American universities and Future Tense.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Baltimore School of Law recently embarked on a joint project with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration to investigate updates to Maryland law to support the safe deployment of connected and automated vehicle technology.
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