WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Sep 23, 2024 at 11:26 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Monday, Sept. 23, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 23, 2024, 11:26 AM),…
Today the Department of Education released new Title IX regulations that threaten student free speech and due process rights. The following statement can be attributed to FIRE Legal Director Will Creeley. Justice is only possible when hearings are fair for everyone. So today’s regulations mean one thing: America’s college students are less likely to receive…
President Biden today signed legislation that kickstarts a process to ban TikTok and empowers the president to block other communications platforms used by millions of Americans. By passing this bill into law, Congress has set a grave precedent for free speech by starting the clock on banning TikTok. FIRE opposed nearly identical legislation when it passed…
Home Daily News Los Angeles County courts hit by ransomware… Cybersecurity Los Angeles County courts hit by ransomware attack By Debra Cassens Weiss July 22, 2024, 9:33 am CDT Monday is a court holiday in Los Angeles County’s 36 superior courts because of a shutdown of the computer network in response to a ransomware attack….
(Image via Getty) When you tell people outside of the legal profession that you (functionally) interview for the Biglaw job you’re going to take after law school graduation after only completing 1/3 of law school, they think it’s wild. Like how do firms know how good you’ll be as a lawyer if you haven’t even…
As AI continues to weave its way into the fabric of higher education, educators and administrators will increasingly need to uphold a high standard of AI accountability and responsibility. Safeguards must be instituted at colleges and universities to ensure the ethical, fair, and responsible use of AI, and transparency will emerge as a critical element…
Aileen Cannon Federal judge Aileen Cannon has already — repeatedly — been skewered for the way she’s overseeing the presidential documents case against Donald Trump. Her incompetence/perceived bias has been showing all over the place, pretty much handing Trump his desired outcome of pushing the trial back after the 2024 election. This culminated with the…
This week, we spent five minutes with James Slocombe, the director of Planet Education Networks and education consultant at the Elizabeth School. He tells us about recruiting students in Central and South America, collective learning and re-learning to embrace his own mental absorbency. Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. Educator, Entrepreneur (could I…
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(Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) As lawyers, we should know (and usually do know) more than nonlawyers. That is why, if you are like me, you have spent time over the past few days answering questions about the Trump trial, decisions made, strategies considered, and a myriad of other questions ranging from the thoughtful to…