Baylor Law provides free estate planning services to local first responders
BAYLOR LAW — During the month of May, Baylor Law’s legal clinics are honoring the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices of McLennan County’s law enforcement, firefighters, and emergency medical services by providing free estate planning services for active or retired full-time first responders and their spouses.
Read More about Baylor Law provides free estate planning services to local first respondersAdjunct professors at American University Washington College of Law bring a variety of practice experience to the classroom
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — That exposure continues inside American University Washington College of Law classrooms, as students learn from our extended network of adjunct faculty who bring their day-to-day experience and drive.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — Congratulations to American University Washington College of Law’s chapter of the American Constitution Society, which has been named a recipient of the American Constitutional Society (ACS) national Programing Award.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law student chapter honored by American Constitution SocietyBloomberg Law survey finds law firms aren’t taking advantage of artificial intelligence tools
BLOOMBERG LAW — Only about one in four people working at law firms and law departments that use legal technology use tools based on artificial intelligence or machine learning, according to a survey of lawyers, technologists and executives.
Read More about Bloomberg Law survey finds law firms aren’t taking advantage of artificial intelligence toolsAlbany Law Professor Michael Hutter honored by Schenectady County Bar Association
ALBANY LAW — The Schenectady County Bar Association presented its President’s Award to Albany Law School Professor Michael J. Hutter on Thursday, May 16.
Read More about Albany Law Professor Michael Hutter honored by Schenectady County Bar AssociationLaw.com launches feature addressing mental health in the legal profession
LAW.COM — The legal profession has higher rates of mental illness, addiction and suicide than most other professions, with no facet of the industry left unaffected. Historically, lawyers and others in the profession have not openly discussed mental health challenges
Read More about Law.com launches feature addressing mental health in the legal professionCollege Board will add ‘adversity index’ to SAT to consider socioeconomic backgrounds of test-takers
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The College Board has for several years been testing an “adversity index” designed to place students’ SAT scores in the context of their socioeconomic advantages or disadvantages.
Read More about College Board will add ‘adversity index’ to SAT to consider socioeconomic backgrounds of test-takersDirector of CFPB says Department of Education is not performing oversight of student loans
NPR — The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Trump administration’s Education Department is getting in the way of efforts to police the student loan industry.
Read More about Director of CFPB says Department of Education is not performing oversight of student loansOpinion: Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy addresses treatment of professor Ronald Sullivan
NEW YORK TIMES — Harvard betrays a law professor — and itself. Misguided students believe that defending Harvey Weinstein makes Ronald Sullivan unfit to be their dean. Apparently the university agrees.
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ABA JOURNAL — Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., a Harvard Law School professor, resigned last week from Harvey Weinstein’s criminal defense team. However, that didn’t stop the university’s decision to remove him and his wife, lecturer Stephanie Robinson, from their roles as faculty deans for undergraduate student housing.
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