Penn Law student Alex DeLaney assists technology licensing project

November 22, 2021

PENN LAW — For months, the world watched and waited for medical companies to create life-saving vaccines to counter the devastating COVID-19 outbreak. When Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna announced their COVID-19 vaccines, the technology they used dominated news headlines and conversations across the globe. What may have flown under the radar was the University of Pennsylvania’s pivotal…

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UC Berkeley Law technology center announces life sciences initiative

November 18, 2021

BERKELEY LAW — For more than 25 years, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology has been a hub for the legal and regulatory intersection of the cutting edge — a lodestar for academics, practitioners, and students at Berkeley Law and around the world. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic further driving home the critical importance of breakthrough…

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Harvard Law students discuss social entrepreneurship during national pro bono week

November 10, 2021

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Growing up gay in Iraq, Amir Ashour ’24 saw firsthand many immediate needs for his nation’s LGBTQ+ community. “I wanted to be able to hold my partner’s hand in public and talk about being LGBTQ without fearing for my life,” the first year J.D. student said at a recent Harvard Law School…

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New Penn Law course looks at the law of autonomous vehicles

November 9, 2021

PENN LAW — Lecturer in Law and Deputy General Counsel at Aurora Innovation Nolan Shenai C’04 enjoys tackling challenging questions and, despite a busy schedule, has always been drawn to teaching. As a lawyer in the autonomous vehicles industry, he regularly draws on his philosophical background to think through matters at the nexus of law, ethics,…

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Penn Law professor Christopher Yoo and fellow Giovanna Massarotto to participate in panel on artificial intelligence and antitrust law

November 9, 2021

PENN LAW — As part of Penn Law Antitrust Association’s Annual Seminar, “Competition Around the Globe and Beyond,”Christopher Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science and Founding Director of the Center for Technology Innovation and Competition (CTIC), and Giovanna Massarotto, CTIC Academic Fellow, will participate in a panel discussion, “Algorithms,…

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William & Mary Law awarded grants to support cybersecurity and access initiatives

November 8, 2021

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Two William & Mary interdisciplinary projects, one of which is based jointly at William & Mary Law School and the Raymond A. Mason School of Business, were awarded nearly $200,000 by Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN). Run by New America, PIT-UN is a consortium of 43 academic institutions committed to…

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Report: Virtual job recruiting can expand career access for underrepresented students

November 8, 2021

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 reported fewer job offers and less access to university career centers than the previous class, according to a new survey out today from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Graduating seniors received an average of 0.83 job offers in 2021, down from 0.93 for the…

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Harvard Law teams with AI company on entrepreneurship and innovation course

November 3, 2021

THE GLOBAL LEGAL POST — Harvard Law School is teaming up with artificial intelligence-powered contract platform Evisort to help provide a course on legaltech entrepreneurship and innovation. Evisort founding members and Harvard Law graduates Jerry Ting and Memme Onwudiwe will be teaching on the course in March next year alongside other global business leaders to share expertise…

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University of Miami Law professor Mary Anne Franks and Santa Clara University Law professor Eric Goldman present research series on internet policy

November 2, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — What is the future of the Internet? Thirty years after the creation of the first web page, what have we learned about the impact of the Internet on communication, connection, and democracy? Technology law and cyber law experts Professor Mary Anne Franks from the University of Miami School of Law and…

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Southern University Law Center shares plans for e-sports lab

November 2, 2021

WAFB 9 — A brand new, state of the art esports lab will soon be unveiled at the Southern University Law Center. In an announcement Oct. 22, the Law Center gave a first look at renderings of the facility. What started off as the brainchild of a concept developed by General Manager and Head Esports Coach at Southern…

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