Several law schools offer technology focused clinics

September 14, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — Law students from coast to coast are getting more hands-on training in privacy, as schools use technology clinics for training in an area of the law that’s exploding in popularity at firms and social justice organizations.

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Northeastern Law professor Rashida Richardson selected for White House science and technology policy post

August 25, 2021

NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern law scholar Rashida Richardson has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.

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How colleges can address concerns about student data and privacy

August 24, 2021

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Autumm Caines, an instructional designer at the University of Michigan at Dearborn whose work has included a co-authored Educause Review article on how colleges can help students question their data privacy, hopes so. “Any time you use anything digital, you’re creating more digital exhaust and a deeper digital footprint,” she says. “All…

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Gift to Stanford Law IP and innovation clinic helps support legal needs of software developers

August 12, 2021

ZD NET — GitHub is partnering with Stanford University on a new initiative designed to protect the legal rights of open source developers. Through its $1 million Developer Defense Fund, GitHub is creating the GitHub Developer Rights Fellowship at the Stanford Law School Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic.

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Law graduates reflect on the remote bar exam

July 30, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — For the 30 jurisdictions offering a remote bar exam in a few weeks, there are hopes the technology has improved since last year’s administrations, when candidates reported issues with facial authentication technology, software crashes and problems uploading videos.

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Northwestern Law professor Michael A. Zuckerman argues against automating legal writing

July 30, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — Give a dozen brilliant mathematicians the same problem, and they will give you the same answer. Math has an objective truth to it; however, legal writing is different.

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Brooklyn Law hosts virtual symposium honoring professor Roberta Karmel

July 30, 2021

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — On May 13 and 14, Brooklyn Law School hosted the virtual symposium A Life Navigating the Securities Markets: A Celebration of Professor Roberta Karmel’s Work, Teaching, and Mentorship.

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Case Western Reserve Law webinars draw national attendance

July 30, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Undeterred by the pandemic, the Law School hosted 39 events online in the past year. Most events had 200-300 attendees, about three times the audience in-person events attracted in the past. The total attendance for the events from fall 2020 through spring 2021 was 7,237.

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CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection professor Brian Ray helps draft state privacy bill

July 30, 2021

CSU CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Advisory Board member and CyberOhio Chair Kirk Herath led a small group of experts, including Center Director Professor Brian Ray and two other Center Board members, Tim Opsitnick, and Spence Witten, in drafting Ohio’s landmark privacy bill that was announced at…

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Fordham Law Pre-Law and Summer Institutes combined and offered online

July 30, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On July 6, Fordham Law School launched this year’s annual Pre-Law and Summer Institutes. These programs are offered online, and both cohorts are combined for the first time.

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