Legal Education

International Edition

To Implement Gen AI, Lawyers and Large Language Models Go Back to School

By Dan Roe | February 13, 2024

Law firms are training attorneys on prompt engineering and feeding data into LLMs to get both parties acquainted with each other.

7 minute read

International Edition

African Legal Tech Network SALT Launches Online Courses to Fill 'Modern' Gaps in Legal Education

By Alfred Olufemi | February 7, 2024

The South African Legal Technology network has launched its SALTed division to help make legal education more inclusive and representative of the diverse African demographic.

4 minute read
International Edition

Can Blockchain and the Law Ever Be Reconciled?

By Akrum El Menshawy, Nottingham Trent University | January 31, 2024

Dr Akrum El Menshawy, a lecturer in law at Nottingham Trent University, discusses the risks users potentially face when engaging with decentralised cryptocurrencies and the regulation around the issue.

5 minute read

International Edition

More Than 80 Canadian Law Firms Urge Law School Deans to Take Firm Stance Against Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Racism

By Gail J. Cohen | December 7, 2023

The letter states that educators have a responsibility to balance the free exchange of ideas with the respect, safety and security of its students.

4 minute read
International Edition

Canadian Court Overturns Sanctions Imposed on Aspiring Lawyers Accused of Cheating on Bar Exam

By Gail J. Cohen | December 1, 2023

A three-judge panel said the Law Society of Ontario overrode would-be lawyers' fundamental right to procedural fairness.

3 minute read
International Edition

Roving UK 'Justice Bus' Could Help Maintain the Rule of Law, Says Lady Hale

By Charlotte Johnstone | November 14, 2023

Speaking about the threats to the rule of law on Monday, the former President of the UK Supreme Court also proposed a change to legal education in schools.

4 minute read
International Edition

UPDATE: Law Schools Begin Discussions with Law Firms After Open Letter on Antisemitism

By Christine Charnosky | Dan Roe | November 13, 2023

While not commenting publicly, some top law schools have been in discussions with law firms about preventing further incidents of antisemitism on campus, sources say.

7 minute read
International Edition

Israel-Hamas War Inflaming Tensions in Canada's Legal Profession

By Gail J. Cohen | November 9, 2023

Open letters, debates over free speech, and feelings of compromised safety are increasing a sense of antisemitism and Islamophobia.

6 minute read
International Edition

Big Law Firms Call on Top Law Schools to Condemn Anti-Israel Protests, Harassment

By Dan Roe | November 2, 2023

A group of 24 leading Big Law firms implored law schools to reign in "anti-Semitic activities" on campus as Israel's response to the Oct. 7 attacks draws protest worldwide.

4 minute read
International Edition

Mishcon Helps Fund Higher Education Scholarships for Women from Low-Income Nations

By Charlotte Johnstone | October 31, 2023

The move marks the first social mobility effort for the firm across its U.K. and Asia offices.

2 minute read
Law.com

Yale's Heather Gerken Aims to Pave the Way for Women in Leadership

By Christine Charnosky | February 29, 2024

"I was overwhelmed by how welcomed I was," Gerken told Law.com in a recent interview. "I would walk down the halls and have older male alumni reach out and say, 'It's about time!'"

3 minute read
Law.com

Dean Developments: 3 Law Schools Appoint New Leadership, Quinnipiac Receives $3M Donation

By Christine Charnosky | February 28, 2024

The latest in law dean news from across the U.S.

7 minute read
Law.com

FBI Investigates Texts Sent to Women Law Professors

By Christine Charnosky | February 26, 2024

The texter proceeded to say, "I admit you women have clearly won the battle of the sexes, us men are the losers," and, "it's not fair."

2 minute read
Law.com

SCOTUS Declines to Intervene in Affirmative Action Admissions Case

By Christine Charnosky | February 26, 2024

"Law schools have an opportunity to reimagine their admission policies in ways that embrace nuanced, multifaceted inclusion, with increased racial and ethnic diversity hopefully being a significant byproduct."

3 minute read
Law.com

NCBE Field Tests NextGen Bar Exam, Creates Family Law Content Scope Panel

By Christine Charnosky | February 26, 2024

NCBE formed the Family Law Content Scope panel, which will develop the content outline specifying the breadth and depth of family law material that will be tested on the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028.

3 minute read
Law.com

ABA Weighing Diversity Standard Revisions in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

By Christine Charnosky | February 22, 2024

Under a current proposal, the focus of Standard 206 would shift away from "diversity and inclusion" and toward access for "all persons," expanding the number of "identity characteristics" from three—gender, race and ethnicity—to 14.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

Law Schools Move Up On-Campus Interviews to Slow Precruiting by Big Firms

By Dan Roe | February 22, 2024

Precruiting will increase in 2024, Big Law recruiting directors said, despite two law schools' recent efforts to place more students through virtual on-campus interviews.

6 minute read
Law.com

ABA Decides Variances Still Needed for Schools Employing JD-Next Exam

By Christine Charnosky | February 22, 2024

"We don't believe at this point that we're ready to say once and for all that the JD-Next is a valid and reliable test for purposes of 503 and we recommend that more data and more study be gathered before we reach that point," Daniel Thies said.

5 minute read
The American Lawyer

Stanford and Yale Bumped Up OCI in Response to Precruiting, But Big Law Isn't Backing Down From Direct Applications

By Dan Roe | February 21, 2024

Precruiting will increase in 2024, Big Law recruiting directors said, despite two law schools' recent efforts to place more students through virtual on-campus interviews.

6 minute read
Law.com

Toledo Law Students File Complaint With ABA Over Legal Ethics Grading Error

By Christine Charnosky | February 20, 2024

"The laptop computer on which the grades were initially recorded was lost, which has made it necessary to reconstruct exam scores based on awarded points, which were recorded by Prof. Gibbons on each exam as he graded those exams," interim Dean Rebecca Zietlow wrote in an email to students last month.

5 minute read

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