Fordham Law students provide free estate planning services to Bronx residents

December 18, 2024

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law students recently joined a city-wide effort to provide lower-income older New Yorkers with needed estate planning services, including executing wills; setting up health care proxies, powers of attorney, and other advanced directives; and helping combat deed theft and other exploitative practices.

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Fordham Law student France François has photograph featured in Brooklyn Museum

December 18, 2024

THE OBSERVER — In the Brooklyn Museum’s “Brooklyn Artist’s Exhibition” nestled among the work of over 200 local artists lies a piece of our very own Fordham community.

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University of Georgia Law professor Nathan S. Chapman discusses the importance of mutual respect

December 18, 2024

UGA TODAY — Nathan S. Chapman has established himself as a world-class scholar on the intersection of law and religion.

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George Washington Law professor honored for service to the legal academy

December 18, 2024

GW LAW — The Asian American Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern and North African Women in the Legal Academy Workshop honored GW Law professor Cynthia Lee with the “Award for Dedicated Service to the Academy” at its annual workshop in October.

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Harvard Law community members protect Tribal Nations right to vote

December 18, 2024

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Whether you are delighted or disappointed with the results of this year’s presidential election, there is one fact that should have us all breathing a sigh of relief — that millions of people across the United States cast their votes and learned the results without widespread controversy.

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Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab uses public domain data to train artificial intelligence

December 18, 2024

HARVARD LAW TODAY — In less than a decade, artificial intelligence has evolved from a promising idea to a fully functioning engine driving changes in how people live and work across the globe. Engines, of course, need fuel, and the vast quantities of data used to train AI are powering these online innovations.

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Microsoft partners with Harvard Law Library’s Institutional Data Initiative

December 18, 2024

TECHNOLOGY RECORD — IDI aims to unlock and refine high-quality data, beginning with collections at Havard Law School Library, so that artificial intelligence solutions better reflect and benefit communities.

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Harvard Law student Patrick Healy discusses his experience at the Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic

December 18, 2024

HARVARD LAW CLINIC STORIES — The Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic counts for three credits on my transcript, but it also satisfies three things that drew me to the legal profession: learning skills that could help my family, serving people in need, and doing both with like-minded colleagues.  

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Hofstra Law professor Eric M. Freedman help obtain stay of execution for prisoner

December 18, 2024

NEWS @ HOFSTRA — Melissa Lucio has been on death row for 16 years. She was sentenced to death for killing her two-year-old daughter.

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Gift to University of Houston Law Center from Beyoncé will support Criminal Justice Clinic

December 18, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The BeyGOOD Foundation, founded by music icon Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, has given a $100,000 gift to support the University of Houston Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic.

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