How generative artificial intelligence can be used to support small law firms
THOMSON REUTERS — Today’s legal market is not an arms race in which the better-resourced firms can corner the market on technology.
Read More about How generative artificial intelligence can be used to support small law firmsEmployers look to hire workers with skills in artificial intelligence
HIGHER ED DIVE — The Wall Street Journal reported in August that U.S. companies are in the midst of an “AI recruiting frenzy,” with some willing to pay salaries approaching seven figures to attract top talent.
Read More about Employers look to hire workers with skills in artificial intelligenceUS Department of Education to consider new accreditation standards for distance education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Biden administration is moving forward on its ambitious plans to update the regulations governing accreditation and the definition of distance education, among other topics, the U.S. Education Department announced Tuesday.
Read More about US Department of Education to consider new accreditation standards for distance educationStudents continue to write about their experience with race in college applications following US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE — Walking the streets of England as a Latina teenager, Estefany Cepeda Fana recalled getting “weird looks” around town and even hearing someone call her the n-word. But Cepeda resolved to embrace her multiracial identity as a native of the Dominican Republic. That experience in a study-abroad program became material for her…
Read More about Students continue to write about their experience with race in college applications following US Supreme Court decision on affirmative actionA look at the process for discharging student loans via bankruptcy
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Biden administration’s effort to make it easier to discharge federal student loans in bankruptcy hasn’t made the process as accessible as some borrower advocates and attorneys had hoped.
Read More about A look at the process for discharging student loans via bankruptcySurvey: Jewish students fearful after Hamas attack in Israel
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Jewish students find themselves in fear and facing sadness on their college campuses ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to a recent survey by Jewish campus organization Hillel International.
Read More about Survey: Jewish students fearful after Hamas attack in IsraelCommunity colleges see increase in online enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Lone Star College, a community college with eight campuses in Texas, has one “campus” that’s different than the others—it’s all online.
Read More about Community colleges see increase in online enrollmentOpinion: Graduate students should be taught public communications skills
INSIDE HIGHER ED — People have suggested many strategies for combating misinformation, but one of the best, and most doable, isn’t being discussed at all: to train graduate students in video communication.
Read More about Opinion: Graduate students should be taught public communications skillsSandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the US Supreme Court, dies at 93
THE HILL — Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and who emerged as the swing vote on some of the court’s biggest cases, died Friday.
Read More about Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the US Supreme Court, dies at 93Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses Oregon State Bar decision on alternative licensure
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL — Brian Gallini said the bar exam doesn’t test actual skills lawyers need and it’s inequitable.
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