By Cassandre Coyer | January 5, 2024
Legaltech News caught up with Mark Williams and Caitlin Moon, founding co-directors of Vanderbilt Law's new AI Law Lab to discuss what the law school plans to accomplish going forward—from new coursework to partnerships with legal aid organizations.
By Christine Charnosky | January 4, 2024
By the end of the year, nearly 30 comments—42 pages worth—had been uploaded to the ABA's website, with all but two commenters expressing support for the proposal.
By Christine Charnosky | January 3, 2024
"I think when we do the work that needs to be done for legal education, we have to have courage," incoming AALS President Melanie Wilson said. "We have to act with courage."
By Charles Toutant | January 2, 2024
Rutgers and the law school have policies "that a student's right of free expression does not extend to actions or behaviors that harass, threaten violence, or intimidate classmates," the suit states.
By Christine Charnosky | January 2, 2024
"Law schools have a critical role to play in the future of our democracy," said outgoing AALS president Mark Alexander.
By Christine Charnosky | December 28, 2023
The past year has included a couple major news stories that carried over from 2022, including many more schools pulling out of the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings and the American Bar Association considering allowing law schools to become test-optional.
By Allison Dunn | December 27, 2023
"For too long, aspiring lawyers with disabilities could not get needed accommodations unless they could afford expensive testing to further document their disabilities," Jessica P. Weber, a partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, told Law.com.
By Christine Charnosky | December 26, 2023
On Dec. 15, the 2023 first-year enrollment is listed as 37,886—a decline of 174 students (0.46%) as compared to 38,060 in 2022; however, on Dec. 20, the 2023 total first-year J.D. enrollment shows 38,921, and when that figure is compared to 2022 total first-year J.D. enrollment of 39,294 that shows a decline of 373 students (nearly 1%).
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | December 26, 2023
Eastburn and Gray shareholders Mark S. Cappuccio and Joan Righter Price participated in the 2023 PBI Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 2023.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | December 24, 2023
It is an unsurprising yet disappointing sign of our times that a written policy protecting free speech must be required of law schools.
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