Website version 2.0 of the LDDC website has launched! This is the last installment of the LDDC website for the Spring 2020 student attorneys who will be graduating at the end of this semester. The main objective of version 2.0 was to refine with small upgrades and finalize decisions on […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
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To paraphrase Al Pacino’s character in the 1999 film Any Given Sunday: “The [data] we need are everywhere around us.” Joining the Legal Data & Design Clinic was an eye-opening experience for the inaugural class of student attorneys. Few of us probably realized the growth and appreciation that was in […]
COVID-19 has affected law schools and law students in a way that has never been experienced before. The transition from in-person to online learning has forced law schools to take untraditional approaches to how they teach students. Law school is already a difficult and stressful time for students. Adding the […]
If you are a lawyer or law student and don’t already know about Slack, you probably should. This post is primarily aimed at folks who have some Slack exposure and want to sharpen their chops, but for the entirely uninitiated, just know this: Slack is a communications app designed to […]
Today the LDDC releases version 1.3 of its website. This is the second release since the global pandemic moved our clinic’s operations entirely online and our first release where all of the project work and coordination took place without in-person interactions. We feel lucky that our individual circumstances have permitted […]
Changing one’s legal name is often a deeply personal decision. Current Maryland law requires one wishing to change his/her/their name to publish it in a local print newspaper and the internet for online circulation. This could be particularly troubling for individuals in the transgender community who do not wish to […]
In our last in-person class before going entirely online due to COVID-19, the LDDC welcomed Matthew Stubenberg to our seminar on March 11, 2020. Matthew demonstrated his CLUE system and opened our eyes to ways data scraping can help improve criminal justice. Now the Associate Director of Legal Technology at […]