Akron Law professor Mark Shultz testifies before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Akron Law Professor Mark F. Schultz was one of eight experts on internet copyright law to testify before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Feb. 11 in the first of several hearings intended to lay the groundwork to modernize the influential and controversial 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Read More about Akron Law professor Mark Shultz testifies before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on the Digital Millennium Copyright ActAmerican University Washington College of Law creates Tech, Law, and Security Program
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Thursday, February 13, 2020, American University Washington College of Law officially launched its new Tech, Law, and Security Program (TLS), an initiative that seeks to tackle challenges at the intersection of law, policy, and technology. The program operates as a mini think-tank within the law school, focusing on undertaking tough problems…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law creates Tech, Law, and Security ProgramAmerican University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law, and Security Program partners with Slate on Free Speech Project article series
SLATE — So, we thought 2020 would be a good year to take a closer look at the debates swirling around how technology is challenging our traditional commitment to free speech. Enter the Free Speech Project, a yearlong series of events and articles we’ll be bringing you in partnership with American University Washington College of Law’s Tech,…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law, and Security Program partners with Slate on Free Speech Project article seriesUniversity of Kansas Law to host symposium on the impact of technology on the legal profession
KU TODAY — Legal scholars, academics, practitioners and policy experts will gather in Lawrence to discuss how changes to the work environment impact the legal landscape at the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy’s annual symposium. The symposium, “The Future of Work,” will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 at the University…
Read More about University of Kansas Law to host symposium on the impact of technology on the legal professionAALS and law school deans discuss innovations in legal education
CNBC — And these pressures, both financial and technological, are forcing law schools to change. “People mention that law schools haven’t changed in a while,” James Greif, communications director at the Association of American Law Schools tells CNBC Make It. “I think that maybe they’re not paying close enough attention.”
Read More about AALS and law school deans discuss innovations in legal educationAmerican University Washington College of Law co-hosts law enforcement and cybersecurity symposium
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Wednesday, Feb. 5, American University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law, and Security Program (TLS). The day-long event brought together members of law enforcement and the cybersecurity community, industry experts, advocacy groups, and various branches of government to examine the current challenges to preventing, investigating, and prosecuting cyber and cyber-related…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law co-hosts law enforcement and cybersecurity symposiumArizona State University Law to host law and technology conference
EIN PRESSWIRE — Your registration to the Ipro Tech Show will also grant you access to select special joint sessions with ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law and Technology Conference, which will run concurrently. While each event will maintain its independence, these co-produced joint sessions will allow those attending either conference to engage with thought leaders and other…
Read More about Arizona State University Law to host law and technology conferenceGrant to UC Irvine Law to support artificial intelligence and emerging technologies curriculum
UCI LAW — As rapidly developing technologies outpace the law, profound ethical questions and challenges are being raised. At the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), faculty members are using their interdisciplinary expertise to ensure that law, policy and ethics keep up with these technological changes, and they are working to develop the…
Read More about Grant to UC Irvine Law to support artificial intelligence and emerging technologies curriculumPodcast: A look at the first issue of the MIT Computational Law Report
ABA JOURNAL — In spring 2019, MIT announced the MIT Computational Law Report, which according to its website, “is an agile, new media online publication that explores the ways that law and legal processes can be re-imagined and engineered as computational systems.” Of course, MIT does not have a law school. However, according to Bryan Wilson, editor-in-chief…
Read More about Podcast: A look at the first issue of the MIT Computational Law ReportOpinion: AI and big data will transform the legal sector
FORBES — Today, artificial intelligence offers a solution to solve or at least make the access-to-justice issue better and completely transform our traditional legal system. Here’s what you need to know about how AI, big data, and online courts will change the legal system.
Read More about Opinion: AI and big data will transform the legal sector