Penn Law professor Christopher S. Yoo selected for UNICEF working group on internet access
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Christopher S. Yoo, the John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication and Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania , has been named an External Expert for the Broadband Commission Working Group on the Common Bid for School Connectivity. The group will also serve as an advisory group for GIGA,…
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ABA JOURNAL — She was one of four members of a Thursday panel titled “Skills Building: Best Practices for Teaching Tech to Law Students” at ABA Techshow at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The other panelists were Nicole N. Morris, a profesor in practice at Emory University School of Law; Jennifer L. Wondracek, a professor of practice…
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ABA JOURNAL — All these offerings were discussed Thursday by an ABA Techshow 2020 panel titled “Innovation Foundation: Forward-Thinking Law School Curriculum,” at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Chicago. Some panelists said lawyers will call them, and these lawyers are specifically looking for clerks or new lawyers who have technology skills.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New online learning stats show growing demand for online programs across state lines and shed new light on in-state online enrollments. Over 1.5 million students studied toward online degrees at institutions in their home state last year, according to new distance education data released today.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — UCLA was the first university to openly consider facial recognition technology for security surveillance. The university abandoned that plan, but other colleges may be using the software.
Read More about Concerns over facial recognition surveillance on campusesUniversity of Akron Law professor Emily Janoski-Haehlen discusses career in legal technology education
AKRON LEGAL NEWS — Janoski-Haehlen is an associate professor, director of the law library and associate dean for academic affairs and institutional excellence at the law school, and she currently teaches and developed the only legal technology course at the school…Beyond her work here with The University of Akron’s legal technology education, Janoski-Haehlen is a national…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Monday, Feb. 24, American University Washington College of Law’s new Tech, Law, and Security Program (TLS), in partnership with technology collaborative Future Tense, launched a collaborative year-long project that seeks to analyze the current state, and future prospects, of free speech in the digital age.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law Tech, Law, and Security Program co-launches Free Speech ProjectUC Irvine Law Graduate Tax Program partners with legal tech firm to develop curriculum on artificial intelligence in tax law
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Blue J Legal announced today a new partnership with the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), to integrate its Blue J Tax Foresight platform into UCI Law’s Graduate Tax Program. The partnership intends to teach UCI Law graduate students pursuing a degree in tax law about the…
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VENTURE BEAT — More than 40% of U.S. federal agencies and departments have experimented with AI tools, but only 15% currently use highly sophisticated AI, according to analysis by Stanford University computer scientists published today in “Government by Algorithm,” a joint report from Stanford and New York University.
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), Stanford Law School, and New York University School of Law are pleased to announce the release of a major report exploring federal agencies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out administrative law functions. This is the most comprehensive study of the subject ever conducted in the United States.
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