Thomson Reuters launches developer portal for legal technology and risk assessment applications
LAW SITES — Thomson Reuters has launched a global Developer Portal giving access to over 100 APIs, providing tax, legal, risk and fraud professionals with tools to more easily integrate their workflows with the company’s technology, data, content and insights.
Read More about Thomson Reuters launches developer portal for legal technology and risk assessment applicationsHow the decline in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts could affect law firms
REUTERS — Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) wasn’t born in 2020, but it certainly became a strategic priority for law firms driven by the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement and the coverage of the protests across the country.
Read More about How the decline in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts could affect law firmsA look at Oregon’s program to license paralegals to perform some legal services
JPR — Roseburg-based paralegal Brandi Cole is getting ready to take the BAR exam later this month. But that test isn’t to become a lawyer. Instead, she’s aiming to be one of Oregon’s first licensed paralegals.
Read More about A look at Oregon’s program to license paralegals to perform some legal servicesHow Gen Z could affect work standards and expectations at law firms
FOX 40 — A persistent attorney shortage creates a competitive market for legal talent, forcing law firms to re-evaluate their recruitment strategies.
Read More about How Gen Z could affect work standards and expectations at law firmsPodcast: A look at the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at law firms
LEGAL REBELS — The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within the legal profession is nothing new. However, the last decade has marked a gradual increase in diversity across all fields.
Read More about Podcast: A look at the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at law firmsABA proposal to fully accredit online law schools receives mixed response
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A group of law school deans are pushing back against a proposal from the American Bar Association’s accrediting arm that would allow fully online law schools to apply for accreditation, the ABA Journalreported last week.
Read More about ABA proposal to fully accredit online law schools receives mixed responseUC Berkeley Law students disrupt dinner hosted at dean’s home
LA TIMES — What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner at a dean’s home for graduating UC Berkeley law students on Tuesday turned into an angry confrontation over the Israel-Hamas war, free speech and accusations of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hatred.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students disrupt dinner hosted at dean’s homeUC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement following protest at his home
BERKELEY LAW — I write this with profound sadness. Since becoming a dean, my wife and I have invited the first-year students to our home for dinner.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement following protest at his homeHarvard Law Library launches free legal database with more than seven million judicial decisions
HARVARD MAGAZINE — Generally, librarians are tasked with protecting books. But over the past decade, Harvard Law School (HLS) librarians have sent tens of thousands of books to the literary guillotine, severing their spines and running their pages through scanners.
Read More about Harvard Law Library launches free legal database with more than seven million judicial decisionsJenny Roberts appointed dean of Hofstra Law
NEWS @ HOSTRA — Hofstra University is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Roberts, professor of law and co-director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), as dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
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