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How Legal Gen AI Is Better Preparing Law Students for the Real World

With many law schools in the U.S. providing students free access to legal Gen AI tools, and law firms offering AI training courses, law students are better equipped with skills that make them more efficient, confident, and practice-ready on day one of their summer associateship.
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Law.com

Former New England Law School Employee Accused of Stealing $70K

A former New England Law | Boston IT employee is accused of stealing nearly $70,000 from the school.
3 minute read

Law.com

Joshua Wright's $108M Defamation Case Against Former Students to Proceed to Trial

A Virginia judge has decided to allow former George Mason University law professor Joshua Wright's lawsuit against two former students, who now practice in Big Law.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Oppenheim & Zebrak Leads Lawsuit Against Google for Allegedly Promoting Pirated Textbook Materials in Ads

"Google operates a shopping marketplace that is essentially a thieves' den. It is rife with pirates, while excluding similar ads from legitimate sellers," Matthew Oppenheim, managing partner of Oppenheim & Zebrak, said in a statement. "Google has been told over and over again about the pirates, but puts its own profits ahead of the law."
3 minute read

Law.com

Dean Developments: 4 New Law Deans Prepare to Take the Helm, 1 Departs

The latest in law dean and other legal education news from across the U.S.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Skadden Funds New 1L Pathway Program at Penn Carey Law

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom gave Penn Carey Law the endowed gift for the program in honor of Eric Friedman, a 1989 Penn Carey graduate who served as Skadden's executive partner for 15 years before stepping down in April.
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Law.com

21 State AGs Urge ABA to Remove Race-Based Criteria From Accreditation

"Standard 206 seemingly asks law schools to defy the Court's clear directive," the AGs said in their letter, adding that proposed revisions "do little to solve these problems."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys General Coalition Files Multistate Brief in Support of Title IX Changes, Protections for Transgender Students

"Enough is enough," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement regarding an amicus brief filed in support of Title IX's recent changes. "We need policies that durably ensure fair and nondiscriminatory treatment of all students nationwide and do not change with the political winds."
3 minute read

Law.com

A Novel (and 'Funnier') Ranking System for Law Schools: How Many Mentions in the Times

Alternatives to the U.S. News & World Report Law Schools Rankings have gotten a lot of press lately, and one University of Kentucky law school professor is the latest to offer one: a "funnier" rankings system.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Penn State Athletics Doctor Wins $5.25M Verdict for Wrongful Demotion

According to the plaintiff's lawyer, the case is the first to be brought by a physician claiming to have been discharged for doing his legal duties to take care of student-athletes.
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