Suffolk Law dean Andrew Perlman discusses the role of artificial intelligence in law schools
SUFFOLK LAW — AI is already changing the legal profession, and law schools have a responsibility to stay on the cutting edge of this technology to equip future lawyers with all they need to know about its impacts and uses. Sharon Nelson and John Simek talk with Dean Andy Perlman about the current landscape of…
Read More about Suffolk Law dean Andrew Perlman discusses the role of artificial intelligence in law schoolsA look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — At one of about a dozen tables, students from the University of Virginia School of Law were meeting with the recently decarcerated, surveying them about their most pressing needs to identify ways the students in the school’s Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic could help them tackle the issues that can…
Read More about A look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration ClinicUniversity of Virginia Law professor Andrew Block partners with student Antonella Nicholas to address inequities in the state
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Growing up in Alexandria, Virginia, Antonella Nicholas was worlds away from rural areas of the state. That’s part of why the University of Virginia School of Law student was struck by the educational and social inequities she has catalogued around the state in her work with Professor Andrew Block. The…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Andrew Block partners with student Antonella Nicholas to address inequities in the stateWashington & Lee Law professor David Baluarte awarded Fulbright to develop clinical programs in Mexico
WASHINGTON & LEE LAW — Washington and Lee law professor David Baluarte has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant that will take him to Iberoamericana University (IBERO) in Mexico City, where he will teach in the Refugee Law Clinic and assist in the development of clinical legal education more broadly at the University.
Read More about Washington & Lee Law professor David Baluarte awarded Fulbright to develop clinical programs in MexicoGift to West Virginia University Law to establish scholarship for students pursuing public interest careers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LAW — An anonymous donor’s $500,000 gift to the West Virginia Bar Foundation will help fund a full-ride scholarship for a WVU College of Law student interested in pursuing public interest work. The Foundation, a philanthropic organization for the legal profession in West Virginia, announced in January that it had received the…
Read More about Gift to West Virginia University Law to establish scholarship for students pursuing public interest careersWMU-Cooley Law students Melissa Bianchi and Stephen J. Tobler appointed fellows in the ABA police practices consortium
WMU COOLEY LAW — Western Michigan University Cooley Law School has announced students Melissa Bianchi and Stephen J. Tobler have been appointed as fellows to the American Bar Association’s Legal Education Police Practices Consortium. They were selected to research public data about local and state law enforcement agencies.
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law students Melissa Bianchi and Stephen J. Tobler appointed fellows in the ABA police practices consortiumA profile on Willamette Law student Brooke Trujillo
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY LAW — Brooke Trujillo always knew she wanted to help people and after an internship at the California state capitol, law school felt like a natural next step. After seeing the ins and outs of a state legislature, Trujillo knew she wanted to be “boots on the ground” to implement real change in…
Read More about A profile on Willamette Law student Brooke TrujilloBloomberg Law survey finds that law schools are serving less alcohol at student events
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law students today are drinking less alcohol than law students in the past—at least at those events hosted by law schools, according to Bloomberg Law’s second Law School Preparedness survey. The data suggest that there are two factors driving this trend: Fewer law school events offer alcohol and current law students may…
Read More about Bloomberg Law survey finds that law schools are serving less alcohol at student eventsConcord Law School at Purdue University Global seeks bar exam eligibility for their online school
REUTERS — Indiana could become the second state to allow graduates of online law schools to take the bar exam.Concord Law School at Purdue University Global, which became the first online law school in the United States when it launched in 1998, is seeking a rule change from the Indiana Supreme Court that would enable its…
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U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Prospective law school students who are LGBTQ have a number of resources to consider and questions to ask when searching for an institution that’s right for them. Learning about a law school’s curriculum, affinity groups and staff members can help an applicant assess how supportive and welcoming the environment is for…
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