Volume 52, Issue 1
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Generative AI as Courtroom Evidence: A Practical Guide
You are the lawyer in a case in which the crucial incident was captured by dozens of smartphone, surveillance, and other cameras. Imagine your forensic video expert putting all of those videos into a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model that quickly synchronizes the audio and video streams, links relevant documents, and provides an outline for…
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Trust, But Verify: The Case for Abolishing the Outlier Authentication Provisions of the Federal Rules of Evidence
On August 20, 2022, a viral TikTok post made the unverified claim that Disney World would be lowering its drinking age to eighteen. The video was based on a blog post that claimed Disney was fighting in state court for a “resort exemption” that would permit anyone eighteen or older to consume alcohol on the…
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How Workplace Equity Laws Perpetuate Inequity
The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) has proved inadequate. Many workers cannot afford the loss of income required for the twelve weeks unpaid leave allowed under the law. Many new mothers take two weeks’ leave or less because they cannot afford more. If an employee gets hurt and needs medical leave before completing…
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Medical Review Officers and the Limits of Judicial Review
Federal courts frequently resist the maxim that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is” in decisions about national security matters. This friction arises because federal courts have long been reluctant to question their coequal branches when evaluating such consequential determinations. To some extent, this makes…
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Preparing Students for the Artificial Intelligence Era: The Crucial Role of Critical Thinking Skills
Law students must have lawyer intelligence to use artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become pervasive in the lives of twenty-first-century citizens and is widely heralded as a tool that can enhance and advance all sectors of society. The legal sector is no exception. Though traditionally slower to adopt new technologies, the legal profession is…