College of Law Hosts Disability Awareness Panel
The College of Law recently held a Disability Awareness Panel, a part of Syracuse’s Disability Cultural Center’s Disability Pride Month. Rachel Dubin and Professor Cora True-Frost L’01, two of the…
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Law School Cutting Scholarships For Students Who Don’t Commit Fast Enough?
Applying to law school is bad enough. Throwing your future into the hands of administrators applying bespoke black box methodologies to weigh your life’s work and a 4-hour test. Prospective…
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An AI-Assisted Look At Four New Surveys On AI Adoption In Law: How Do They Compare? Differ?
Over the last six weeks or so, four separate surveys have come out, all reporting on generative AI adoption within the legal profession. I’ve reported on all four separately, but…
Read More »College of Law Honors 3L Courtney Ryan with the 2025 IAPP Annual Westin Scholar Award
Syracuse University College of Law is pleased to announce the 2025 Kurt Wimmer IAPP Westin Scholar Award honoree as 3L Courtney Ryan. With the growing need for well-qualified privacy and…
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Kirkland & Ellis Tops 2024 Am Law 100 With $8.8B Revenue
Kirkland & Ellis Tops 2024 Am Law 100 With $8.8B Revenue. Kirkland & Ellis has once again secured the top position in the American Lawyer’s Am Law 100 rankings, reporting…
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Stolen at Birth, Syracuse Law Alumnus Makes It His Life’s Work to Bring Justice to Families of Counterfeit Chilean Adoptions
On Oct. 31, 1980, a baby boy was born in Santiago, Chile, to a poor, young, Indigenous mother. He was whisked away before she was allowed to hold him, and…
Read More »Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.
To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president…
Read More »Dean Terence Lau L’98 Writes “Collaboration Is Crucial to Navigating the New Tariff Landscape” at Bloomberg Law
Dean Terence Lau L’98 has written the opinion article “Collaboration Is Crucial to Navigating the New Tariff Landscape” for Bloomberg Law. The article gives corporate counsel advice on approaching tariffs…
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The Three Cs of Teaching Technology to Law Students
In law practice today, technology is no longer optional — it’s essential. As practicing attorneys increasingly rely on technology tools to serve clients, conduct research, manage documents and streamline workflows,…
Read More »Kansas Law Mandates Reformation and Strengthens Non-Solicitation Covenants
On April 9, 2025, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed into law Senate Bill No. 241, which amends Section 50-163 of the Kansas Restraint of Trade Act (the “Act”)1 to clarify…
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Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is the opposite of justice
California currently has 592 people in our prisons who have been sentenced to death. It’s the largest population of prisoners awaiting execution of any state. An astounding 175 of those…
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Supreme Court immigration ruling: Due process in theory, deportation in practice
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting immigrants under an 18th century wartime law was hailed as a victory by both the federal government and those…
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US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume deportations under 18th-century law – JURIST
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted a Trump administration motion to vacate a lower court’s order blocking use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members….
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How Small Law Firms Can Automate Case Management and Document Flow in Planfix
If you run a small law firm, you know the struggle. If you’re not juggling multiple cases, you’re sifting through endless paperwork or dealing with “urgent” emails from clients who…
Read More »Professor Jenny Breen Reacts to Law Firms Being Targeted by President Trump
Professor Jenny Breen spoke with Newsday for the article “Trump Aims at Law Firms That Opposed Him: Experts: Orders Designed To Tamp Down Dissent.” “It’s very clear that he’s trying…
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U.S. News Releases Two Wildly Different Versions Of The 2025 Law School Rankings At The Same Time
The 2025 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have finally arrived — complete with their fair share of drama and absurdity. Stay tuned for some extra shenanigans, because U.S. News…
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Jackson Lewis Featured in BTI’s “Most Recommended Law Firms 2015” Report
Jackson Lewis is one of 23 firms featured in BTI’s “Most Recommended Law Firms 2025” report in “23 Firms Remain GCs’ Top Picks Despite Referral Drop,” published by Law360.Subscription may…
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Youth Law Day Brings 200 High School Students to the College of Law
The College of Law’s annual Youth Law Day event recently brought more than 200 high school students from schools across Central New York to Dineen Hall for an introduction to…
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Minnesota Employment Legislative Update 2025, Part I: Breaking the Tie to Make the Law
Quick Hits The Minnesota Legislature’s party divide creates uncertainty for employers, with amendments to key labor laws like Paid Family and Medical Leave and Earned Sick and Safe Time potentially…
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Trump signs executive order to extend TikTok deadline
With a deadline to sell itself or be banned in the U.S. just hours away, TikTok got another last-minute reprieve from President Trump on Friday. “My Administration has been working…
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