Yale Law International Human Rights Clinic investigates detention of environmental defenders 

September 18, 2023

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Green Advocates International and the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic are celebrating the recent release of Liberian environmental defenders imprisoned in the wake of protests against a Turkish mining company in 2018. 

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Yale Law professor Hongju Koh honored by Duke Law for excellence in rule of law

September 18, 2023

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh, who has dedicated his career to defending human rights and promoting international law, will be honored as a champion of the rule of law by Duke Law School.

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University of Louisville Law professor Susan Tanner creates generative artificial intelligence toolkit

September 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE — Susan Tanner teaches legal writing at UofL’s Brandeis School of Law and is developing a toolkit that law professors will be able to use to incorporate generative artificial intelligence into their legal writing curricula.

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LexisNexis turns to generative artificial intelligence to assist legal writing and research

September 18, 2023

TECH CRUNCH — Last June, just months after the release of ChatGPT from OpenAI, a couple of New York City lawyers infamously used the tool to write a very poor brief. 

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A look at the legal and ethical challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence

September 18, 2023

HARVARD LAW REVIEW — While embracing technological change is part of the human experience, when the pace of that change seems to ramp up exponentially, the rules and regulations meant to keep that technology in check can fall further and further behind.

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Federal judge again rules DACA illegal, but protections remain for now

September 18, 2023

AP NEWS — While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to recipients.

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American Council on Education launches Office on Nation Engagement

September 18, 2023

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — The Office on National Engagement is headed by Heidi Tseu, a higher education and government relations professional with experience executing public policy strategies and community engagement initiatives, and will operate as part of the ACE Government Relations team led by Senior Vice President Jon Fansmith.

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Survey: Gen Z values college but cost remains a barrier

September 18, 2023

HIGHER ED DIVE — Higher education’s future hinges on whether Gen Z values college and believes it’s affordable.

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Case Western Reserve University to cover costs of admitted Cleveland and East Cleveland public high school graduates 

September 18, 2023

WKYC STUDIOS — One of Cleveland’s most renowned institutions of higher learning is lessening the financial burden for prospective students in the community it serves.

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College students frustrated with delay on new Title IX rules

September 18, 2023

INSIDE HIGHER ED — When he ran for president in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to take bold action to strengthen Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal gender-equity law that prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded colleges and universities and provides guidance for their handling of student reports of sexual misconduct.

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