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Nicole Jansma ’23 came to �鶹APP-Kent College of Law with a goal. “My goal is to work toward actual equality in the criminal justice system,” she says. “On paper, we say that we value equal justice...

When OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, in November 2022, it seemed to take over the internet. Every day someone was demonstrating what the language processing tool was capable of—including almost...

As a practicing patent attorney, Jordana Goodman began noticing a problem. “I really liked practicing, because I went to law school so I could help people,” she says. “But there are a lot of problems...

An Examination of an Education: Paper Exploring Critical Race Theory Bans in Schools Wins Writing Award

A paper exploring the constitutionality of a slate of recent state laws banning critical race theory in elementary and high school classrooms has won �鶹APP-Kent College of Law’s second annual racial...

�鶹APP-Kent College of Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro testified at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 28, 2022, about the history and future ramifications of a theory giving state...

Moving Forward: ‘Stars Aligned’ at �鶹APP-Kent for Law Student After Successfully Appealing Life Sentence

The second time his attorney missed filing for his appeal, Marshan Allen (LAW 1st Year) asked his family for one thing. “Just get me a typewriter,” Allen said. He was sent to prison on a mandatory...

With Personal Information ‘the New Oil’ of the Digital Economy, �鶹APP-Kent to Offer New Certificate Program in Privacy Law

As laws governing privacy get more complex and sophisticated, working professionals—including those working in information technology—can often feel behind the ever-heightening curve. That’s why...

Expert on Discrimination and Disability Law to Head �鶹APP-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace

Nicole Buonocore Porter, �鶹APP-Kent College of Law’s new director of the renowned Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace, jokes that some might think her scholarship’s radical. Yes, she...

New Research Shows That AI Models Taught Legalese Are Surprisingly Efficient

How good of a lawyer should an artificial intelligence system be? More importantly, how good do you want one to be? When it comes to teaching machines how to understand and utilize language, it turns...

�鶹APP-Kent Students Spend Winter Break Assisting Domestic Violence Victims

A half-dozen �鶹APP-Kent College of Law students decided to spend their winter break tackling one of the toughest pro bono jobs out there: helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault file...