ABA allows Syracuse Law to expand online JD program
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The American Bar Association has granted Syracuse University College of Law permission to expand its innovative online law degree program. JDinteractive (JDi) is a fully interactive program that combines live online class sessions with self-paced class sessions, residential courses, and applied learning experiences.
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UCI DONALD BREN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION & COMPUTER SCIENCES – According to a recent Bloomberg Law article, “the wet signature requirement, that a document be signed in-person and with ink, could see its demise as social distancing practices take hold across the globe in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.” The article notes how…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Sung Eun Kim helps develop system for secured electronic signing of legal contractsColumbia Law professor Eric Talley co-publishes article on use of machine learning in constitutional law
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Columbia Law School professor and Data Science Institute (DSI) member Eric Talley used machine learning for the first time to study constitutional discourse. He found that rather than transcending political divides, constitutional arguments in the U.S. Congress tend to magnify the divides between Republicans and Democrats.
Read More about Columbia Law professor Eric Talley co-publishes article on use of machine learning in constitutional lawUniversity of Maine Law to host virtual public forum on policing reform
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Maine School of Law will host several virtual public forums designed to examine the racism in our laws and institutions, and to discuss specific policies and practices that could be implemented by local communities and the government to facilitate change through law.
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CALICON — We are in the midst of the largest distance learning experiment in legal education history. Everyone – faculty, students, Teknoids, law librarians, edtech folks – everyone – has experienced it differently and had to make adjustments or witnessed a rapid change. We want you to talk about that. How’d it go? Does this mean…
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — If there’s one big takeaway from the Covid-19 crisis for higher education, it’s that teaching well online is increasingly, and vitally, important. Maybe you’re thinking: Well, once this global health threat recedes — with testing, tracing, and vaccines — online learning will diminish in prevalence and I can go back…
Read More about Using the summer to improve online teaching skillsPodcast: Legal tech firm develops online tools to assist with COVID-19 legal issues
ABA JOURNAL — Earlier on in the pandemic, SixFifty produced free tools designed to help companies in transitioning from having their employees working at the office to working remotely. One tool helped companies generate extended sick leave and COVID-19 reimbursement policies, among others.
Read More about Podcast: Legal tech firm develops online tools to assist with COVID-19 legal issuesCourts experiment with video conference jury trials
BLOOMBERG LAW — Jurors, tasked with deciding whether to issue criminal indictments, will be seated far apart from one another, or in some cases—like in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and in Montana’s federal district court—will be required to view proceedings via video in different rooms or courthouses.
Read More about Courts experiment with video conference jury trialsHarvard Law Petrie-Flom Center hosts webinar on health and legal concerns of prisoners during the pandemic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — COVID-19 presents a unique threat to people in prisons and jails, agreed panelists at “Incarcerated Populations and COVID-19: Public Health, Ethical, and Legal Concerns,” a webinar hosted by Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics on May 20th.
Read More about Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center hosts webinar on health and legal concerns of prisoners during the pandemicMarquette Law professor Lisa A. Mazzie reflects on the transition to online teaching
WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL — At Eckstein Hall, we have officially closed out the teaching segment of our 2020 Spring semester. Like the rest of Marquette University, we did so through online education. It wasn’t where we thought we’d be, but it was where we found ourselves.
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