University of Tennessee Law professor Jennifer Svilar publishes study on use of artificial intelligence to combat bias in the criminal justice system
THE CRIME REPORT — It’s “misleading and counterproductive” to block the use of machine-learning algorithms in the justice system on the grounds that some of them may be subject to racial bias, according to a forthcoming study in the American Criminal Law Review.
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ABA JOURNAL — Judges who write colorful opinions that are lively and engaging are undermining the integrity of the judicial role and the legitimacy of opinions, a law professor has argued in an upcoming law review article. “Judicial opinions should conform to an even-keeled, impassive and even formulaic institutional style,” wrote Nina Varsava.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — What began in January 2018 as a small scandal involving false data submitted to U.S. News & World Report for rankings escalated Friday: the former dean of Temple University’s business school “conspired and schemed to deceive the school’s applicants, students, and donors…,” according to the Justice Department.
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ABA JOURNAL — Law professors make up the bulk of the members on President Joe Biden’s newly created Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, tasked with studying proposals to reform the high court. The 36-member commission will examine the merits and legality of reform proposals.
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THE OWENSBORO TIMES — Carroll Stevens, a Daviess County High School graduate of 1967, has been appointed as interim President of Rhodes College by their board of trustees. He will begin serving this summer when President Marjorie Hass departs Rhodes.
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ABC 11 — With two traffic stops of black men garnering national attention, many people are discussing ways to better protect themselves during interactions with police officers. For Irving Joyner, a School of Law professor at N.C. Central University, it’s about knowing your rights.
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SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY — In recognition of the value and critical importance of having a faculty body that is diverse, including specifically with respect to racial and ethnic diversity, the Saint Louis University School of Law faculty and Dean William P. Johnson have adopted a five-point plan for achieving a diverse faculty body.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — The resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the violent death of George Floyd and the global protests that ensued have triggered a reckoning in many institutional spaces. Law professors and deans have examined their curricula to address issues of racism and bias.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Morgan Schweighoefer, a December 2020 graduate from The University of Akron’s School of Law saw her article, “Employment Protection for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,” co-authored with former Akron Law Visiting Professor Rick Bales, published in the latest issue of the Ohio State Bar Association newsletter.
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST — Angela Onwauchi-Willig, dean and professor of law at the Boston University School of Law, will deliver the annual Dean Alfange, Jr. Lecture in American Constitutionalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Thursday, April 29 at 4 p.m. The online Zoom lecture is free and open to the public.
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