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Colleges Set to Offer Exit Tests
August 31, 2013
Next spring, seniors at about 200 U.S. colleges will take a new test that could prove more important to their future than final exams: an SAT-like assessment that aims to cut through grade-point averages and judge students' real value to employers. The test, called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, "provides an objective, benchmarked report card for critical thinking skills," said David Pate, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at St. John Fisher College, a small liberal-arts school near...
August 31, 2013
Next spring, seniors at about 200 U.S. colleges will take a new test that could prove more important to their future than final exams: an SAT-like assessment that aims to cut through grade-point averages and judge students' real value to employers. The test, called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, "provides an objective, benchmarked report card for critical thinking skills," said David Pate, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at St. John Fisher College, a small liberal-arts school near...
Am Law Lawyers Help Bring Bitcoin to the Masses
August 31, 2013
It may be awhile before Kathleen Moriarty lets clients pay her in bitcoin, but the Katten Muchin Rosenman partner is doing...
August 31, 2013
It may be awhile before Kathleen Moriarty lets clients pay her in bitcoin, but the Katten Muchin Rosenman partner is doing...
Center for Law Practice Technology
August 30, 2013
This week [Stephanie Kimbro] signed on as Co-Director of a Center for Law Practice Technology which I will be leading with Richard Granat. Over the coming months, we will be working to design a core curriculum and body of courses that reflects our experience in legal tech and draws from the expertise of our colleagues internationally. We hope to bring guest lectures and experts to the Center that will not only provide practical background in law practice management and the use of legal technology,...
August 30, 2013
This week [Stephanie Kimbro] signed on as Co-Director of a Center for Law Practice Technology which I will be leading with Richard Granat. Over the coming months, we will be working to design a core curriculum and body of courses that reflects our experience in legal tech and draws from the expertise of our colleagues internationally. We hope to bring guest lectures and experts to the Center that will not only provide practical background in law practice management and the use of legal technology,...
IBM Scientists Show Blueprints for Brainlike Computing
August 25, 2013
IBM researchers unveil TrueNorth, a new computer architecture that imitates how a brain works. To create a computer as powerful as the human brain, perhaps we first need to build one that works more like a brain. Today, at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks in Dallas, IBM researchers will unveil a radically new computer architecture designed to bring that goal within reach. Using simulations of enormous complexity, they show that the architecture, named TrueNorth, could lead...
August 25, 2013
IBM researchers unveil TrueNorth, a new computer architecture that imitates how a brain works. To create a computer as powerful as the human brain, perhaps we first need to build one that works more like a brain. Today, at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks in Dallas, IBM researchers will unveil a radically new computer architecture designed to bring that goal within reach. Using simulations of enormous complexity, they show that the architecture, named TrueNorth, could lead...
App Of The Week: Rocket Matter Android App – Law Practice Management On The Go
August 24, 2013
The new Rocket Matter Android app allows attorneys to manage their law practice – time, billing, calendar appointments, and more – on the go. Armed with the experience of perfecting the native iPhone app, Rocket Matter designed the Android app to complement the web-based application and help busy, mobile attorneys. What Does the Rocket Matter Legal Android App Do? The app is free and available to everyone with a Rocket Matter account and an Android 4.0 or higher. Designed in the native...
August 24, 2013
The new Rocket Matter Android app allows attorneys to manage their law practice – time, billing, calendar appointments, and more – on the go. Armed with the experience of perfecting the native iPhone app, Rocket Matter designed the Android app to complement the web-based application and help busy, mobile attorneys. What Does the Rocket Matter Legal Android App Do? The app is free and available to everyone with a Rocket Matter account and an Android 4.0 or higher. Designed in the native...
Mediating by Skype!
August 23, 2013
One of the many challenging aspects of mediating cross border cases is the fact that by definition, the parties tend to be in separate countries (and often the mediators too). One way of getting over this hurdle is by using one of the many information and communication technologies there are available these days. This month, I want to share my experience of using just one of these –Skype. There are numerous different online mediation platforms in use these days, and even more in development....
August 23, 2013
One of the many challenging aspects of mediating cross border cases is the fact that by definition, the parties tend to be in separate countries (and often the mediators too). One way of getting over this hurdle is by using one of the many information and communication technologies there are available these days. This month, I want to share my experience of using just one of these –Skype. There are numerous different online mediation platforms in use these days, and even more in development....
Divining the Future of Law & Legal Technology in Vegas
August 20, 2013
For law firms and corporate counsel alike, information technology is perhaps the single most disruptive factor that will...
August 20, 2013
For law firms and corporate counsel alike, information technology is perhaps the single most disruptive factor that will...
Lawyer Agrees to Five-Year Suspension for Advising Client to Clean Up His Facebook Photos
August 20, 2013
A Virginia lawyer who advised a plaintiff suing over the death of his wife to clean up his Facebook photos has agreed to a five-year suspension. Matthew Murray was unavailable for comment on his suspension because he was volunteering with a group performing maintenance on the Appalachian Trail, relatives told the Daily Progress. The Legal Profession Blog notes the July 17 suspension order, published online on Aug. 2. Murray’s client, Isaiah Lester, had sued Allied Concrete for the death...
August 20, 2013
A Virginia lawyer who advised a plaintiff suing over the death of his wife to clean up his Facebook photos has agreed to a five-year suspension. Matthew Murray was unavailable for comment on his suspension because he was volunteering with a group performing maintenance on the Appalachian Trail, relatives told the Daily Progress. The Legal Profession Blog notes the July 17 suspension order, published online on Aug. 2. Murray’s client, Isaiah Lester, had sued Allied Concrete for the death...
ALM Offers Digital Memberships
August 19, 2013
ALM, a multimedia company that serves the legal and real estate industries, has launched a new service designed to help legal...
August 19, 2013
ALM, a multimedia company that serves the legal and real estate industries, has launched a new service designed to help legal...
How Nate Silver Won the Internet (and You Can Too)
August 19, 2013
This fall, Nate Silver--political predictor and baseball sabermetric man--will bring his statistical knowledge and predictive analysis chops to ESPN. Not surprisingly, this news caused quite a stir in the media community, particularly given that 20 percent of online traffic to The New York Times website during last year's election was attributed to his blog, FiveThirtyEight. The biggest free agent signing in the world of sports occurred off the playing field, and experts worldwide commented on what...
August 19, 2013
This fall, Nate Silver--political predictor and baseball sabermetric man--will bring his statistical knowledge and predictive analysis chops to ESPN. Not surprisingly, this news caused quite a stir in the media community, particularly given that 20 percent of online traffic to The New York Times website during last year's election was attributed to his blog, FiveThirtyEight. The biggest free agent signing in the world of sports occurred off the playing field, and experts worldwide commented on what...
