University at Buffalo Law clinic project examines ethics of using AI in the criminal justice system
UB NOW — An ambitious new project spearheaded by Jonathan Manes, assistant clinical professor of law and director of the School of Law’s Civil Liberties and Transparency Clinic, along with five UB colleagues, will examine ethical and social concerns raised by the increasing use of artificial intelligence, or AI.
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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — Approximately 30 years ago, Brooklyn Law School professor Bob Pitler organized a comprehensive Continuing Legal Education seminar for the criminal bar in New York City that included some of the most up to date materials on a plethora of subjects.
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BROOKLYN LAW — Brooklyn Law’s October Dean’s Law & Policy Series program featured Professor Julian Arato, an expert on international economic law and co-director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law.
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PR NEWSWIRE — BYU Law School, a leading national law school focused on innovation in the legal field, will host a coding workshop that teaches the fundamentals of web development and coding in just 180 minutes.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Oct. 24, American University Washington College of Law and the ABCI Institute presented the XIV Symposium on International Trade. The annual symposium, “Rule-based World Trade System Under Systematic Crisis,” opened with welcoming remarks by ABCI Institute Chairman and AUWCL Adjunct Professor Aluisio de Lima-Campos.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd addressed students at American University Washington College of Law during his talk, “Maintaining the Ability to Do Justice to All Manner of People.” Lord Thomas expressed his concerns of a growing trend in Europe of governments interfering with the judiciary.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law’s Health Law and Policy Program and the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) teamed up Oct. 19, 2018 to host “FDA: Past, Present, and Future.”
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ABA JOURNAL — Out of 9,679 people who sat for the July 2018 New York state bar exam, 63 percent passed. Results were released Tuesday, according to a press release. Above the Law reports that the July 2018 New York state bar had the lowest number of test takers since July 2004.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Post-law school employment continued to rise in 2017, a sign that law schools have adapted to the contracted post-recession job market. Following several years of decline after the Great Recession, legal industry employment for recent law school graduates is looking up, according to data compiled by AccessLex Institute
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Four colleges have filed suit in federal court to contest a new policy that makes it easier for international students and exchange scholars on F, J and M visas to accrue “unlawful presence” in the U.S
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