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A Holiday Guide to Donald Trump’s Latest Cases at the U.S. Supreme Court
Michael C. Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens professor of Law at Cornell University, is a regular contributor to Verdict, a service of Justia which provides substantive analysis by legal professionals on a variety of law and law related issues. In his December 22,2023 posting, to this service, A Holiday Guide…
Judge Scott U. Schlegel: A Call for Education Over Regulation (Artificial Intelligence)
Judge Scott U. Schlegel of the Fifth Circuit Court of the State of Louisiana currently serves as Chair of the Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Commission, and is recognized as a pioneer in using technology in the Louisiana State Courts. He has managed what is considered by many to be one…
American Bar Association and AI
In a previous posting on this blog, Reflections of a Retired Law Librarian: From Mimeograph to Generative AI, I urged professional organizations, including the American Bar Association (ABA) and the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), to appoint committees or commissions at the highest level to facilitate the development and…
Constitutional Policing: Book Launch Event
Constitutional Policing: Striving for a More Perfect Union. Michael A. Hardy Editor Event sponsored by the American Bar Association Legal Education Police Practices Consortium and the ABA State and Local Government Section. Time and Date: October 4, 2023, 1:00 PM EST. Event Description: “Join the ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium and…
The Potential for Using Generative AI to Help Regulate Criminal Behavior
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can produce various types of content, including text, imagery, audio and information that is artificially manufactured. The recent interest in generative AI has been driven by the simplicity of new user interfaces for creating high-quality content, including text, graphics and…
CBO Blog Post: A Call for New Research In the Area of Taxes and Transfers
Originally posted by John McClellan et. al. on July 25, 2023. As part of the legislative process, the Congressional Budget Office* supplies the Congress with cost estimates for legislation, economic and budget projections, and other economic assessments. Information from the research community is an important element of CBO’s analyses. This…
CB0 Blog Posting: Call For New Research in the Area of National Security
Original Posting by David Mosher et.al. on July 24, 2023* As part of the legislative process, the Congressional Budget Office supplies the Congress with cost estimates for legislation, economic and budget projections, and other economic assessments. Information from the research community is an important element of CBO’s analyses. This is…
CBO Blog Posting: A Call for New Research in the Area of Macroeconomics
Original posting by Richard DeKaser on the CBO Blog, July 21,2023.* As part of the legislative process, the Congressional Budget Office supplies the Congress with cost estimates for legislation, economic and budget projections, and other economic assessments. Information from the research community is an important element of CBO’s analyses. This…
REFLECTIONS OF A RETIRED LAW LIBRARIAN: From Mimeograph to Generative AI
Being a retired law librarian of a certain age, I am now often asked to reflect upon my 50 years serving in various capacities as a law librarian. I have noticed that most questions asked can be grouped into discrete categories. For example, people want to know what lessons I…