Computer program analyzes SCOTUS writing styles
THE ATLANTIC – The bot works by analyzing a backlog of opinions and plucking out the words, phrases, and sentence structures that characterize a justice’s unique style. The system then assigns a higher weight to those terms, so it knows what to look for when scanning a per curiam decision.
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APPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW – Sandra Keen McGlothlin, Associate Dean of the law school since 2007, is the new Interim Dean of the Appalachian School of Law.
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KSTU (FOX SALT LAKE CITY) – An investigation is underway into Brigham Young University’s law school for possible discrimination. The American Bar Association is looking at the school’s standards of expelling gay and former Mormon students.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON – Last month, Eugene Haywood, a client of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, received clemency from President Barack Obama. Haywood’s release came after he served 14 years of a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a nonviolent drug crime.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY – “Community Enterprise Project of the Transactional Law Clinics” allows HLS students to help small business owners, entrepreneurs, and community groups create businesses, obtain permits and licenses, and negotiate contracts and other transactional (non-litigation) services.
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WANE (FORT WAYNE) – The school’s application for provisional accreditation received support from the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Now, the three-year-old school will hope for final approval from the Section’s Council.
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VALPOLIFE – The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has entered into an agreement with all five of IU’s regional campuses to create the Indiana University Regional Law Scholars program, an opportunity for top undergraduate students and alumni at IU regional campuses to pursue a world-class legal education and study at Indiana University…
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE – The John Marshall Law School and Saint Xavier University (SXU) have established a joint academic program in law and business that will enable students to earn advanced degrees in a shorter period of time, in fields that will give graduates the advantages of versatility and in-depth knowledge in a continually evolving job…
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THE STATE NEWS – Ann Sherman has two prestigious jobs as the assistant solicitor general for the State of Michigan and an adjunct law professor for MSU.
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THE OXFORD EAGLE – Twenty-five years ago, the University of Mississippi School of Law Clinical Programs and NMRLS partnered together once again to bring legal services to those individuals who might not otherwise have representation due to the cost of hiring an attorney.
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