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So You Want to Be an Adjunct Law Professor? 6 Lessons from My Experience

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A surprisingly large number of lawyers, judged from my anecdotal experience, are interested in teaching a law school class. I just wrapped up my whirlwind of a first semester as an adjunct law professor teaching Contract Drafting at the University of Richmond School of Law. This was invaluable for me.

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European responses to global crises: Call for submissions for DynamInt Doctoral Conference 2024

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The annual DynamInt Doctoral Conference will be held in Amsterdam on 28th and 29th August 2024 and is co-organised by the Graduate School DynamInt (Humboldt University of Berlin) and the Amsterdam Law School (University of Amsterdam). It takes place in the context of the European Law School’s Summer Academy.

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French Supreme court ruling in the Lafarge case: the private international law side of transnational criminal litigations

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Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. Nevertheless, future litigations will likely prosper on this ground, all the more so with the forthcoming adoption of a European directive on mandatory corporate sustainability due diligence.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

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One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.” As far as I could see, Law Clerks are expected to draft complex private contracts, analyze the law and provide comments, or even represent lawyers in court. If that doesn’t say I do extremely substantive legal work, then I don’t know what does!

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Guest Commentary: Lessons from the Belgium Climate Case: the devil is in the details

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It considered that, facing the growing scientific consensus on climate change, the governments had failed to act with sufficient prudence and diligence in breach of their “duty of care.” With the rise of climate law, national governments contracted legal obligations to mitigate climate change.

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The Impact of AI for Lawyers: Benefits and Challenges

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Natural Language Processing (NLP): A computer system with the ability to interpret written and spoken language, which can be used to analyze contracts and flag problematic sections. As we venture further into this new era, it’s crucial to explore both the challenges and opportunities GAI presents to law firms.