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LawNext: How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, With April Dawson

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There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly, should law schools teach tech?

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On LawNext Podcast: The Legal Fellows Tackling Systemic Racism in Law

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Now, LexisNexis and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium have partnered to launch a fellowship initiative for 12 law students to spend nine months working to end this systemic racism and further the rule of law. . A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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Kafka in America: When Judges Don’t Know the Law

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That sets up a situation in hundreds of civil legal cases involving small claims suits, evictions and other minor disputes, where the only individual in the courtroom who is aware of the law is the attorney for the prosecution, say the authors of the paper, Sara Sternberg Greene and Kristen Renberg, both of the Duke University School of Law.

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Former Miami Law Professor Files Federal Challenge Over Alleged Race and Gender Basis

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There is a new legal challenge over academic freedom and free speech brought by former University of Miami Law School Professor Dan Ravicher. Such complaints can be the precursor for litigation and there is every indication that Ravicher is intent on a showdown with Miami Law School. He then committed suicide.

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Doubting Thomas: Why The Failure to Cancel a Supreme Court Justice May Not Mean Much for Other “Contingent” Faculty

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It was always doubtful that a law school would take the unprecedented step of barring a sitting Supreme Court justice. It’s not an unfamiliar position for the Supreme Court justice, but it generated surprising support at a leading law school. After he was cleared, however, the university refused to renew his contract.

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Michigan’s Updated PURPA Implementation Could Create a New Market for Privately-owned Solar Energy Facilities

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For example, as of August 2016, North Carolina had 1,173 MW of installed solar photovoltaic (“PV”) capacity as a direct result of PURPA. Third, the orders set term length requirements for PURPA contracts with utilities for facilities with a design capacity of two megawatts or less. 20 Year PURPA Contract Term Length.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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And it is true that other states continue to look at various reform measures along these same lines, including Colorado, North Carolina and Illinois. The Autonomy acquisition turned into a fiasco for HP due to alleged accounting improprieties by Autonomy, resulting in both litigation and a write-down of nearly $8.8

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