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California’s Bar Exam Fiasco Enters Next Stage Of Stupid

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And everything got checked by subject matter experts before landing on the exam anyway, making the use of AI on 23 of the 171 questions more of a tempest in a teapot, but that didnt stop headlines like “Californias Bar Exam: Brought to You by ChatGPTs Drunk Cousin.”

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What Really is the Distinction In between Paralegal and a Litigator?

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Both are required to conduct extensive study and draught court documentation for the matter they are working on. A paralegal’s primary responsibility is case preparation, which includes gathering information about a case, preparing reports, filing and organizing relevant documentation, and scheduling interviews and depositions.

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A Path to eDiscovery Certification

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Meet Our Guest Expert Mike Quartararo is the President of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the world’s leading organization for training and certification in e-discovery. He also operates a successful consulting practice that provides guidance to corporate legal departments and law firms.

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Guest Post: How Santa Clara Law Graduates Students with a ‘Tech Edge’

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In this guest post, Laura Lee Norris , director of the program, and Mark Michels , lecturer in law, describe the program and how it prepares students for careers as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley. Santa Clara University School of Law graduated its first Tech Edge JD cohort in May 2021.

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Q&A With Heather Stevenson: A Less Traditional Path

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Stevenson: I began my career as a litigation associate with the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. It was the type of litigation that gets covered in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The law was complex and the facts messy. The cases I worked on were huge. Huge money. Huge teams. Proceeds go to Ms.

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NY Announces Temporary Authorization Program for Recent Law Grads

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In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.

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Guest Post: Diversity Pilots Initiative Comment on Proposed Changes to PTAB Practice

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Guest post by Ashton Woods , a JD candidate and member of the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic at Stanford Law School. DPI will be hosting its second conference at Emory University Law School in Atlanta on Friday, September 20, 2024. Indicate your interest by signing up here.