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MIT-BU renew law clinics that help students bring innovations into the world

In 2015, the first of two MIT-Boston University law clinics was formed to provide free legal services to student innovators while giving law students experience working on technology-related legal ...
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From MIT Biology to Employment Law: Insights from an Attorney’s Unconventional Journey – An Interview with Meghan E. O’Kane

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
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Harvard, MIT Use Law To Limit Legal Payouts While Sitting On Endowments Worth Billions

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have leaned on a century-old law to avoid paying out large sums in lawsuits despite having billion-dollar endowments, legal ...
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MIT hires law firm to conduct month-long investigation into ties with Jeffrey Epstein

Leaders at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have hired an outside law firm to investigate the university's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as the scandal that started with the ...
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The MIT Press and Harvard Law School launch the American Journal of Law and Equality

Three Harvard Law School professors have teamed up with the MIT Press to launch a new journal focused on issues of inequality. The American Journal of Law and Equality will be led and edited by its ...
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MIT Task Force Proposes Principles for the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Legal

With great power comes great responsibility. The now-famous line, delivered by Uncle Ben in Spider-Man, has been evoked time and again in legal tech spheres. It's perhaps never been more fitting than ...