Lawyers usually want to provide concierge legal services and complete a given project for clients from start to finish. Even though clients can be involved in some parts of the process, lawyers typically prefer to handle everything by themselves either because they do not want to show how easy some tasks are or because they…
Editor’s note: This is an installment in the “Reference Manual of Legal Tech Lists Vol. II,” an eBook set for release this summer. It’s been a very bad year for law firms. Not only were many law firms breached — and some from BigLaw — but the class action attorneys also have apparently discovered there…
Dr. Mike LeeCalifornia State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee retired on Friday after he was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. The action comes amid nationwide antiwar protests and concerns for upholding student and faculty rights to speech and…
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is convinced that the legal profession will emerge even stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive than…
Some members of the faculty at Columbia University have lodged a vote of no-confidence for the university’s president, Dr. Minouche Shafik. Dr. Minouche ShafikThose participating in the vote and members of the Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have expressed concern with the university’s response to antiwar protests and encampments…
Oliver Wendell Holmes Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in what 1994 movie? Hint: The title is derived from a legal test devised by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. See the answer on the next page. #Oliver #Wendell #Holmess #Pop…
While historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received remarkable investments over the past few years, leaders with the nonpartisan, nonprofit United Negro College Fund are urging more can be done. Lodriguez Murray“HBCUs have been chronically underfunded, systematically, since inception,” said UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax. “While the efforts of the Biden-Harris…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Eastern Gateway Community College will shutter Oct. 31 following financial and legal challenges in recent years, the institution’s board of trustees voted this week. In February, the 56-year-old public Ohio institution suspended enrollment for all…
Non-Answers Aren’t As Slick As You Think: Could have all been avoided if Thomas just lived within his means. When In Doubt, Blame The Wife: Alito knew people could see the outside of his house, right? Finally, Something Worth Reading!: Who knew a JD could prepare you for child’s play? Sure I Did It, But…
Dr. Leonard E. EgedeLeonard E. Egede has been named chair of the Department of Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. He served as chief of the Division of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of its Center for Advancing Population Science. Egede holds…