University of Maine committee to consider long-term direction of law school
MAINEBIZ– The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has formed a committee to consider the direction of 21st century legal education and conduct a “one university” assessment of Maine Law operations and potential for program enhancements.
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY — After serving for 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, former Congressman Bob Goodlatte visited campus on Tuesday to share with students some of the lessons he gleaned during his long tenure in public service.
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UH LAW CENTER — A musician whose band’s trademark case was taken to the Supreme Court shared details from his seven-year legal journey in a question-and-answer session Tuesday with University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas.
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UH LAW CENTER — As the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession increases, members of the bench should ensure the technology was developed without prejudice, Judge Jennifer Elrod of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said during her talk, “Trial by Siri: AI Comes to the Courtroom,” last week at the University of…
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CORNELL LAW — Professor Muna Ndulo has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to the Civil Society Advisory Board. The new board was created by the Secretary General as part of his strategy “to combat sexual exploitation and abuse alleged to have been perpetrated by those who serve this organization.”
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DENVER LAW — The Office for Victims Program (OVP), a unit of the Division of Criminal Justice within the Colorado Department of Public Safety, recently announced a $2 million grant program, helping Colorado nonprofits access legal resources and launching careers of recent University of Denver Sturm College of Law graduates focused on public interest.
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UCLA LAW — Students from UCLA School of Law have made an impact on one of the signature criminal justice issues of our time: reform of the money bail system. This school year, UCLA Law’s Criminal Justice Program launched an innovative program in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s office and the Bail Project.
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UCLA LAW — Leading criminal justice scholars, practitioners and activists from across Southern California and the nation convened at UCLA School of Law on Feb. 22 for the first major event hosted by the school’s year-old Criminal Justice Program.
Read More about UCLA Law symposium addresses criminal justice reformUC Irvine Law Professor Dan Burk awarded Weizenbaum Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research Fellowship
UCI LAW — Dan Burk, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, has been awarded a prestigious Senior Fellowship to the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin, Germany during fall 2019.
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PRNEWSWIRE — BYU Law, a leading national law school focused on innovation in the legal field, today announced that it will host its second annual BYU Law Winter Deals Conference, March 7-8. Focusing on “New Ideas for Modern Markets’ Most Difficult Challenges,” the Winter Deals Conference will feature state-of-the-art research and discussions
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