How generative artificial intelligence can be used to support small law firms

December 4, 2023

THOMSON REUTERS — Today’s legal market is not an arms race in which the better-resourced firms can corner the market on technology.

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Employers look to hire workers with skills in artificial intelligence

December 4, 2023

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. 

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US Department of Education to consider new accreditation standards for distance education

December 4, 2023

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.

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Students continue to write about their experience with race in college applications following US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

December 4, 2023

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

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A look at the process for discharging student loans via bankruptcy

December 4, 2023

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.

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Survey: Jewish students fearful after Hamas attack in Israel

December 4, 2023

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.

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Community colleges see increase in online enrollment

December 4, 2023

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. 

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Opinion: Graduate students should be taught public communications skills

December 4, 2023

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. 

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the US Supreme Court, dies at 93

December 4, 2023

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.

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Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses Oregon State Bar decision on alternative licensure

December 4, 2023

PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL — Brian Gallini said the bar exam doesn’t test actual skills lawyers need and it’s inequitable.

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