Gift to Washington & Lee Law to support student financial aid
THE COLUMNS — A generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous has pledged $2 million dollars to support student financial aid at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
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THE DETROIT NEWS — Wayne State University will receive a $30 million outlay from state lawmakers for a new law school facility, school officials said.
Read More about State funding to Wayne State University Law to help build new law school facilityWayne Law hosts event celebrating the life of late professor Edward J. Littlejohn
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Over seventy Wayne Law alumni and friends gathered to celebrate the life and impact of Wayne Law Professor Emeritus Edward James Littlejohn on October 19, 2023 with a program and reception. Littlejohn passed away in June of the same year.
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COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — On Nov. 2, Cooley Law School’s Organization of Women Law Students (OWLS) and the Career and Professional Development office hosted the State Bar of Michigan’s Family Law Section (FLS) to discuss various career paths.
Read More about WMU Cooley Law hosts Michigan State Bar Family Law Section for discussion with studentsWMU Cooley Law Innocence Project celebrates release of client
COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — After serving 35 years for a crime he did not commit, Louis Wright was exonerated when Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Sarah Lincoln set aside his conviction for criminal sexual conduct and breaking and entering.
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REUTERS — “These results suggest that generative AI will almost certainly become a vital tool for many lawyers in the near future, comparable to more familiar legal-tech tools like Westlaw, Lexis and ediscovery software,” reads the study titled, “Lawyering in The Age of Artificial Intelligence.” (Westlaw and Reuters are owned by the same parent company.)
Read More about University of Minnesota and USC Gould law professors explore students’ use of artificial intelligence in legal writingA look at the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college and law school admissions
LSAC — I’ve talked in previous posts about AI in admissions, and here I will dive deeper. Many of the AI tools used in admissions today automatically read through applications and sort candidates into “accept” and “reject” piles. This is not unlike the process at many law schools where applicants are put into presumptive “admit” and “deny” piles…
Read More about A look at the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college and law school admissionsUS House budget proposes cuts to federal work study and other programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — House Republicans are planning to zero out the budgets for programs that support student parents who need childcare and that help improve the quality of prospective and new teachers, among other cuts.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — California has been a leader in legislation benefiting undocumented residents, such as allowing them to obtain driver’s licenses. Now, the state’s higher education system is looking to be their largest employer by relying on an untested legal theory.
Read More about California faces legal challenges to hiring policy regarding undocumented studentsSmall liberal arts college experiments with free graduate tuition to improve undergraduate enrollment and retention
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A small private college is turning to an unusual model in an attempt to grow enrollment and improve retention: free tuition for its graduate programs.
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