Experts predict how generative artificial intelligence will be used in legal departments

April 8, 2024

THOMAS REUTERS — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology holds the potential for a new way of working within corporate law departments, with the potential to transform contract drafting and analysis, legal research, document summarization and review, and much more. Indeed, through GenAI, there is the possibility to touch every function within the law department in

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How generative artificial intelligence can be used in human rights work

April 8, 2024

STANFORD UNIVERSITY HAI — Experts in technology, law, and human rights debate the unique implications of this technology and how we might best direct its potential to benefit humanity.

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Survey examines how legal professionals use generative artificial intelligence

April 8, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — The viability of using generative artificial intelligence to conduct legal research has been heavily critiqued in the legal industry.

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How tuition increases at universities affect students

April 8, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — For years, headlines have warned that the cost of attending college would eventually exceed $100,000-a-year at some institutions.

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Students and their families discuss the impact of FAFSA application delays

April 8, 2024

NBC NEWS — Travelers eager to witness history flooded into the path of totality in a last-minute travel crunch on Sunday. The excitement reached a new height, with some prepared to mark the occasion with food, drinks, tattoos and even marriage.

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A look at the new alternatives to the Washington Bar Exam for law licensing

April 8, 2024

THE SEATTLE TIMES — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.

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Opinion: How alternatives to the bar exam help more people access legal careers

April 8, 2024

THE LEWISTONE TRIBUNE — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.

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Opinion: The legal profession can improve access to justice by expanding global pro bono initiatives

April 8, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — Around five billion people worldwide lack access to justice, posing a challenge to rule of law and societal development

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Franita Tolson named dean of USC Gould Law

April 8, 2024

USC TODAY — Interim Dean and Professor Franita Tolson has been named the dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law of the USC Gould School of Law. 

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Jim Strickland named dean of University of Memphis Law

April 8, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS MEDIA ROOM — Jim Strickland, the 64th mayor of the City of Memphis, was announced today as the next dean of Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

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