Northeastern Law professor Ari Ezra Waldman authors book on technology and consumer privacy
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — There are many new privacy laws, tens of thousands of privacy professionals and new privacy offices all tasked with protecting our privacy from inside the information industry. So why does our privacy seem more out of reach than ever? Sunglasses that spy, in-home assistants that listen to everything, websites that…
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MCGEORGE LAW TODAY — The University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law has partnered with LexBlog, Inc. to launch McGeorge Law Today, a digital publishing portal and community for the school’s faculty, alumni, students and staff. McGeorge Law Today is powered by LexBlog’s Syndication Journal product, which aggregates content from LexBlog’s community of more than 30,000 blogging…
Read More about University of Pacific McGeorge Law partners with LexBlog on digital publishing communityUniversity of Virginia Law launches LawTech Center led by professor Danielle Citron
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new scholarly center that will focus on pressing questions in law and technology, with Professor Danielle Citron serving as inaugural director. The LawTech Center will address policy issues, legal texts as data and the use of tech in…
Read More about University of Virginia Law launches LawTech Center led by professor Danielle CitronUniversity of Houston Law professor Andrew Michaels co-awarded NSF grant for public policy algorithm project
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Law Center Assistant Professor Andrew C. Michaels was one of four University of Houston scholars who recently secured a $749,857 grant from the National Science Foundation for a Designing Accountable Software Systems funding opportunity. The grant will support a project that aims to create an accountability benchmark and software scoring…
Read More about University of Houston Law professor Andrew Michaels co-awarded NSF grant for public policy algorithm projectUniversity of Nebraska Law to host virtual space, cyber, and telecommunications law conference
NEBRASKA TODAY — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law program will hold its annual conference, Nebraska Space Law Week, virtually from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Registration is available here. The event, now in its 14th year, traditionally has been held in Washington, D.C., and featured faculty-authored white papers, invite-only government-industry round tables, public…
Read More about University of Nebraska Law to host virtual space, cyber, and telecommunications law conferencePace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiatives
PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Pace University’s School of Education have been awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) as part of their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (“REU”) program. The award, “Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration of a Keystone Species in New York Harbor…
Read More about Pace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiativesUSC Gould Law professor Robin Craig published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A USC Gould School of Law professor is one of an international group of lawyers and scientists publishing a paper Aug. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that explores the continuing roles for government in overseeing the adaptive governance that emerges to manage climate change and…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Robin Craig published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWest Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reforms
WVU Today — Consumers in West Virginia and nationally are concerned about their digital data privacy, and there are few and often inconsistent laws to protect them—these are the findings of new research funded by the Center for Consumer Law and Education, a joint program between the West Virginia UniversityCollege of Law and Marshall University.
Read More about West Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reformsPandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely online
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It won’t be clear for a good while whether and how much the last year’s grand, unplanned experiment with remote learning has permanently altered the landscape for using technology to deliver college instruction. A first step, though, is getting good data on how patterns shifted during the last year — and that…
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REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”
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