Northwestern Law professor Daniel Linna discusses research on artificial intelligence and the law
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — The rapid and transformational growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology will profoundly impact the legal landscape. This requires lawyers, judges, and consulting and testifying experts to be knowledgeable of evolving topics related to AI and issues that govern the admissibility of AI evidence in civil and criminal cases.
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — From access to justice to efficiency in practice, tech holds endless possibilities for helping legal matters run more smoothly. With so much potential to be tapped, law schools are developing programs aimed at exploring creative ways to bring tech and law together. Dennis and Tom discuss the varying approaches seen throughout the…
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NATIONAL JURIST — On-campus learning may have returned, but some of the online technology that schools relied on during the darkest days of the pandemic are not being shelved. The ABA has given variances to a handful of schools to offer hybrid J.D. programs, which allow most courses to be held online. However, there are some on-campus…
Read More about How distance learning will shape the future of legal educationNortheastern Law’s NuLawLab launches virtual reality courthouse tour
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab has launched the Colorado Virtual Courthouse Tour, the first digital legal empowerment tool of its kind that will assist people navigating civil cases without the help of a lawyer. The interactive, web-based simulation shows visitors how to navigate and interact within a courthouse, courtroom and with court personnel. The…
Read More about Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab launches virtual reality courthouse tourThe 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021
LAWSITES — As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.” This year, my report is…
Read More about The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021University of Miami Law develops new course on NFTs
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law is the first law school in the country to offer a course in non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, through its Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law postgraduate program. NFTs are unique, blockchain-based digital tokens that have been inextricably associated with a piece of content –…
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ABA JOURNAL — Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is still in its infancy across much of the broader economy. The rapid adoption of this technology, along with the unique privacy, security and liability issues associated with it, has…
Read More about What lawyers need to know about artificial intelligenceWVU Law dean Amelia Reinhart discusses technology transfer at University of Houston Law Center lecture
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law’s 2021 fall lecture featured a robust discussion on navigating multiplexed technology transfer based on the research of noted intellectual property scholar Amelia Rinehart. Rinehart––William J. Maier, Jr. Dean and Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law––teaches and writes in the…
Read More about WVU Law dean Amelia Reinhart discusses technology transfer at University of Houston Law Center lectureLaw Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The Pandemic
BUSINESS WEST — They call it the ‘Zoom room.’ And for obvious reasons. It’s the office of a retired partner with the Springfield-based law firm Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin that’s been converted into a small conference room equipped with a 60-inch screen for, or mostly for, Zoom meetings with clients that involve at least a few of…
Read More about Law Firms Adjust To New Landscape Shaped By The PandemicUniversity of Arizona Law library partners with International Dark-Sky Association to combat light pollution
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — Electricity powers our world, but there’s a dark side to illuminating the planet. Light pollution, designated as the excessive or inappropriate use of artificial light, has been shown to cause problems that affect human health, slow or stop the growth cycle of plants, decrease reproduction…
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