Ahead of the Curve: Back to School for a Tech Tune-Up
Here's a look at how Suffolk's fledgling online certificate in legal education and technology is going. Plus, what the legal academy is saying about Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination.
July 16, 2018 at 09:00 PM
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Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve . I'm Karen Sloan , legal education editor at Law.com, and I'll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education. This week, I'm checking in with Suffolk University Law Professor Gabriel Teninbaum to find out how the school's fledgling online certificate in legal education and technology is going. I'm also looking at how the legal academy has responded to Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination , and whether or not those public statements constitute endorsements. Not signed up yet to get Ahead of the Curve sent to your inbox each week? Go here new RSS feed. Please share your thoughts and feedback with me at [email protected] or on Twitter:@KarenSloanNLJ
|Back to School … for Legal Tech
Would you shell out about $15,000 to get up to speed via online courses? Suffolk University Law School online certificate in legal innovation and technology Suffolk law professor Gabriel Teninbaum Institute on Legal Innovation & Technology ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ The takeaway: U.C. Berkeley, and Chicago-Kent
|Is It An Endorsement, Or Just Bland Praise?
Yale Law School Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination first letter this article opposing letter what actually counts as an endorsement. Sonia Sotomayor President Obama White House press release “rave reviews” Georgetown University Law Center Professor Randy Barnett tweet Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus news story My take:
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- Florida State Universityis poised to ask the state legislatureto strip the name of former Florida Supreme Court Justice B.K. Roberts from its law school building.
- If it weren't already obvious, public defenders, local prosecutors, legal aid and public interest attorneys earn way, way less than their Big Law counterparts. Like, two-thirds less, according to a new NALP survey.
- A federal judge in Florida declined to issueFlorida Coastal School of Lawa preliminary injunction blocking a requirement that it publically disclose that it has been found out of compliance with several American Bar Association standards.
I'll be back next week with more news and updates on the future of legal education. Until then, keep in touch at [email protected]
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