Harvard Law hosts online commencement

June 1, 2020

THE HARVARD GAZETTE — The virtual celebration, Honoring the Class of 2020, will kick off at 11 a.m. on May 28, with the link going live at 10:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks from President Larry Bacow will open the ceremony, followed by orators Michael Phillips ’20 and Sana Raoof ’12, Ph.D. ’18, M.D. ’20. And the Harvard Band, which celebrated its centennial this academic year,

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Pepperdine Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution moves summer courses online

June 1, 2020

THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — The Straus Institute offers classes for law students in dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration, and conflict management in two-week or intensive weekend formats. Programs began May 18 and will run through August 1, with a second session planned for later in the summer. Juris doctor candidates from an ABA-accredited law school can

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Education technology companies promise results without evidence

May 26, 2020

THE HECHINGER REPORT – School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. Same

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Loyola Law School, Los Angeles launches online summer tax course amid pandemic

May 26, 2020

THE NATIONAL JURIST – Law schools’ move to online learning is continuing into summer. For instance, the Graduate Tax Program at LMU Loyola Law School is launching an online version of its Summer Tax Intensive In response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The program offer classes custom-designed for online instruction. Classes start on May 26. More information is available at www.lls.edu/summertax.

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Northeastern Law Professor Woodrow Hartzog argues against facial recognition technology bill

May 26, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – A group of leading technology scholars led by Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, and Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, have signed a letter of opposition to AB 2261, a California bill regulating facial recognition technology. “The bill would undermine civil rights,

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Opinion: Fall return is not viable for college campuses

May 20, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The option of students returning to campus in the fall is not viable, regardless of the economic implications, argues William G. Tierney.

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Virtual graduations just not the same for first-generation college students

May 20, 2020

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Suddenly, mid-walk, the realization hit him with the force of a blow: There would be no commencement, at least not the one he had imagined. No ceremony, no cap and gown, no pomp and circumstance. His family would not be there to see him walk, to collect the diploma

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Rise in court bench trials held by video conference

May 20, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — As criminal courts grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, some in the legal industry wonder whether a virtual jury trial could be next.

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University of Oregon Law students Shiwanni Johnson and Robert McMurtrie participate in Global Hackathon

May 19, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Oregon School of Law students, Shiwanni Johnson and Robert McMurtrie, participated in the world’s largest legal hackathon last month.

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Experts weigh-in on California online bar exam plan

May 14, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — If the novel coronavirus pandemic leads to online remotely proctored bar exams, controlled test-taking environments, one of the most equalizing factors, will be eliminated.

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