Court rules that room scans performed by remote text proctoring services are unconstitutional
NPR — The remote-proctored exam that colleges began using widely during the pandemic saw a first big legal test of its own — one that concluded in a ruling applauded by digital privacy advocates. A federal judge this week sided with a student at Cleveland State University in Ohio, who alleged that a room scan taken before…
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CISON PR NEWSWIRE — BYU Law today announced the addition of the Congressional Record Corpus to its Law and Corpus Linguistics suite of corpora. A pioneering technology tool for the legal community, the Law and Corpus Linguistics Technology Platform enables users to analyze large collections of historical texts called “corpora” for better understanding of context and meaning…
Read More about BYU Law releases searchable US Congressional record databaseUC Berkeley Law professor Rebecca Wexley among researchers launching center to advance decentralization technology
UC BERKELEY — UC Berkeley and Imperial College London have won $5 million to create an international, interdisciplinary center aimed at advancing decentralization technology that offers users more control of their data, the Algorand Foundation announced today.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law professor Rebecca Wexley among researchers launching center to advance decentralization technologyPenn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program increases access to justice through technology
PENN TODAY — The Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program mobilizes law students across the country to generate pathbreaking ways to increase access to justice for the most vulnerable communities.
Read More about Penn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program increases access to justice through technologyNew York requires lawyers to take cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education
ABA JOURNALS — Lawyers in New York will have to take at least a one-hour cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education requirements beginning in July 2023.
Read More about New York requires lawyers to take cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal educationABA Center for Innovation releases report on advances in legal tech and regulatory innovation
ABA JOURNAL –The ABA Center for Innovation on Tuesday released its inaugural Innovation Trends Report, which explores developments in the legal services industry by focusing on internal ABA innovation, advances in legal technology and regulatory innovation.
Read More about ABA Center for Innovation releases report on advances in legal tech and regulatory innovationCould Collaboration Technology Help Solve the Legal Talent War?
THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — Collaboration technology, not entirely new to law firms but not yet widely utilized, defines the tools and systems intended to better facilitate working together as a team, both in the office and remotely. Just as the name implies, collaboration technology involves a cooperative effort to break down technological silos across…
Read More about Could Collaboration Technology Help Solve the Legal Talent War?Looking at the impact of the Penn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program
PENN LAW — In recent years, entrepreneurs across countless industries have leveraged technology in ways that expand our capabilities, networks, and opportunities. Among them is Miguel Willis, Innovator in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative, who is dedicated to using the power of technology to ensure that…
Read More about Looking at the impact of the Penn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows ProgramLaw school magazine honors Suffolk Law student Aubrie Souza
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Since the summer of her first year of law school, Souza has been working on mobile-friendly “smartforms” for state courts and other related projects. Little by little, she’s been learning Python, YAML and other coding languages.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — Syracuse University’s College of Law and Martin J. Whitman School of Management (Whitman) are launching a new Certificate of Advanced Study in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship (CASTLE).
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