University of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates website to connect elderly and vulnerable residents to food services
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL — Vamosi said she heard about an effort created by classmates at Cincinnati that links volunteers with those unable to venture out of their homes to get groceries or run other errands. With a little help from them, Vamosi set up a similar webpage for the Akron-Canton area at https://akronmatch.wixsite.com/mysite.
Read More about University of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates website to connect elderly and vulnerable residents to food servicesAlbany Law student Jordan Fruchter creates calculator to empower tenants in court
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — His revised solution: A computer program called the H.A.R.M. calculator (Habitability, Abatement of Rent, Mathematical), which he designed to automatically compute reasonable damages based on monthly rent; how long the issue has gone on; and the percentage of rent abated for the particular issue in prior housing-related court cases.
Read More about Albany Law student Jordan Fruchter creates calculator to empower tenants in courtUniversity at Buffalo Law Veterans Legal Practicum moves online
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Last month, COVID-19 interrupted this vital in-person work. What to do? The obvious: move online. The practicum has now begun operating its popular help desks through an online portal, using a confidential sign-up inquiry system to offer meetings via Zoom to interested veterans.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law Veterans Legal Practicum moves onlineFordham Law hosts training webinar on online sexual harassment in the workplace
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The online discussion, hosted by Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 28, provided an overview about sexual harassment law—specifically what employees’ rights are and what an employee should consider when reporting an incident. Students asked questions regarding the current status of filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and how…
Read More about Fordham Law hosts training webinar on online sexual harassment in the workplaceFordham Law Fashion Law Institute hosts host online panel
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The webinar, entitled “Going Viral: Fashion and the Coronavirus,” was the Institute’s first-ever virtual event. An online stand-in for the Institute’s in-person annual symposium (rescheduled for September 2020), the panel addressed the wide range of challenges the fashion industry is facing in this unprecedented “new normal.” “
Read More about Fordham Law Fashion Law Institute hosts host online panelPenn Law professor Christopher Yoo discusses legal issues surrounding internet access
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science Christopher Yoo, recently shared his observations concerning the importance of internet connectivity during the pandemic with the Office of Communications.
Read More about Penn Law professor Christopher Yoo discusses legal issues surrounding internet accessPepperdine Law moves summer session online
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law will offer its premier academic program and popular training courses, which are usually held in Malibu, California, in a remote instruction format. This necessary shift creates an opportunity for law students and practicing professionals to…
Read More about Pepperdine Law moves summer session onlinePandemic creates more challenges for low-income students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing the breadth of education’s digital divide, separating those who have access to the internet from those who don’t. Yet in this spring of makeshift virtual instruction, many low-income students face challenges that go well beyond a lack of computers and connectivity.
Read More about Pandemic creates more challenges for low-income studentsProfessors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instruction
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — When colleges shut down in-person classes this spring, many instructors took pains to say that what was offered instead was not online learning. Other terms have been offered up — emergency online teaching, remote instruction — though probably none is quite right.
Read More about Professors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instructionABA moves annual meeting online
ABA JOURNAL — The 2020 ABA Annual Meeting is scheduled for July 29 to Aug. 4. In addition to nearly 500 meetings and events, it includes the convening of the board to discuss the association’s business matters and the House of Delegates to consider a number of policy proposals.
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