Vermont Law to continue online-only classes this fall
WCAX CBC 3 — The Vermont Law School will continue to hold all classes online for the rest of 2020.
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NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — So Lindauer had an idea—Northeastern would bring the clinic to clients. Working in tandem with the NULawLab innovation hub …they came up with is the COVID Rapid Response Project, a two-stage effort involving a website where users fill out a few forms and choose a convenient and secure time to talk or text.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — This spring, thanks to cooperative, fast-acting ingenuity from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Judicial Education Department and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School faculty and staff, over 200 trial and appellate court judges across Pennsylvania participated in a continuing judicial education (CJE) course focused on the especially timely topic…
Read More about Penn Law hosts virtual judicial education course on mental healthABA allows Syracuse Law to expand online JD program
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The American Bar Association has granted Syracuse University College of Law permission to expand its innovative online law degree program. JDinteractive (JDi) is a fully interactive program that combines live online class sessions with self-paced class sessions, residential courses, and applied learning experiences.
Read More about ABA allows Syracuse Law to expand online JD programUC Irvine Law professor Sung Eun Kim helps develop system for secured electronic signing of legal contracts
UCI DONALD BREN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION & COMPUTER SCIENCES – According to a recent Bloomberg Law article, “the wet signature requirement, that a document be signed in-person and with ink, could see its demise as social distancing practices take hold across the globe in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.” The article notes how…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Sung Eun Kim helps develop system for secured electronic signing of legal contractsColumbia Law professor Eric Talley co-publishes article on use of machine learning in constitutional law
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Columbia Law School professor and Data Science Institute (DSI) member Eric Talley used machine learning for the first time to study constitutional discourse. He found that rather than transcending political divides, constitutional arguments in the U.S. Congress tend to magnify the divides between Republicans and Democrats.
Read More about Columbia Law professor Eric Talley co-publishes article on use of machine learning in constitutional lawUniversity of Maine Law to host virtual public forum on policing reform
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Maine School of Law will host several virtual public forums designed to examine the racism in our laws and institutions, and to discuss specific policies and practices that could be implemented by local communities and the government to facilitate change through law.
Read More about University of Maine Law to host virtual public forum on policing reformCALI conference explores online teaching during the pandemic
CALICON — We are in the midst of the largest distance learning experiment in legal education history. Everyone – faculty, students, Teknoids, law librarians, edtech folks – everyone – has experienced it differently and had to make adjustments or witnessed a rapid change. We want you to talk about that. How’d it go? Does this mean…
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — If there’s one big takeaway from the Covid-19 crisis for higher education, it’s that teaching well online is increasingly, and vitally, important. Maybe you’re thinking: Well, once this global health threat recedes — with testing, tracing, and vaccines — online learning will diminish in prevalence and I can go back…
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ABA JOURNAL — Earlier on in the pandemic, SixFifty produced free tools designed to help companies in transitioning from having their employees working at the office to working remotely. One tool helped companies generate extended sick leave and COVID-19 reimbursement policies, among others.
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