BYU Law creates language database to help interpret U.S. Constitution
THE DAILY UNIVERSE — This database is called the Corpus of Founding Era American English, also known as COFEA. “Corpus” refers to a collection of written texts on a particular subject. The corpus holds founding-era documents that can be used by legal professionals for free as a tool to make educated legal decisions. Based on decisions…
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW — Professor Catherine Sandoval recently published “Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift: The Risks of Net Neutrality Repeal to Energy Reliability, Public Safety, and Climate Change Solutions”. In her article, Sandoval analyzes cybersecurity issues raised by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2018 repeal of net neutrality rules that prohibited Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from blocking,…
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PR NEWSWIRE — Suffolk University Law School will be offering two courses this spring term as part of their six-course online, part-time Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate program. The two courses, The Business of Delivering Legal Services and Legal Technology Toolkit, will provide insight into how legal professionals and law firms can deliver legal services with…
Read More about Suffolk Law offers new online legal tech courses as part of certificate programNew York University Law hosts forum on regulating large technology companies
NYU LAW — In the Latham & Watkins Forum in September, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes joined Professor Florencia Marotta-Wurgler ’01 and George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Professor Abbott (Tad) Lipsky Jr. for a lively conversation about the need to regulate and rein in companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
Read More about New York University Law hosts forum on regulating large technology companiesOpinion: Reddit is influencing students’ higher education decisions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Reddit is an open community and discussion forum. Users can ask, answer and debate a wide variety of topics through focused communities called subreddits. Posts on Reddit aren’t subjected to algorithms like many social platforms; rather, comments and posts are curated by peer users through the use of up or down…
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NORTHWESTERN LAW — An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern professors, including seven members of the Northwestern Law faculty, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Grant this month for the Northwestern Open Access to Court Records Initiative (NOACRI). The million-dollar grant will support the group’s effort to download PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)…
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BLOOMBERG LAW BIG LAW BUSINESS — Realizing blockchain’s potential to streamline Big Law operations and save firms money has proven more elusive than expected. Top law firms have talked a big blockchain game—with potential applications ranging from tracking e-discovery documents to speeding bankruptcies. But only a few have actually adopted the technology in their own…
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — In the latest episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, ABA Journal Legal Affairs Writer Jason Tashea talks to legal tech blogger Bob Ambrogi and Andrew Arruda, CEO of artificial intelligence company Ross Intelligence, about what new technology and artificial intelligence can do for legal research.
Read More about Podcast: How technology is changing legal researchNYU Law students share how the school integrates and teaches legal technology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW — New York University Law students were interviewed on how their school teaches and integrates legal technology into their education.
Read More about NYU Law students share how the school integrates and teaches legal technologyNortheastern Law professor Woodrow Hartzog delivers technology ethics lecture at Notre Dame Law
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Professor Woodrow Hartzog (Northeastern Univ. Law) will speak at the University of Notre Dame Law on September 26 on technology ethics.
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