New Media Rights Awarded Grant for the Web

California Western’s New Media Rights (NMR) Program has been awarded a $20,000 “Grant for the Web.” Here, Shaun Spalding ’11, NMR’s Assistant Director, discusses the grant’s significance and how this will impact content creators that have historically been marginalized, disadvantaged, or without access to the internet’s full capacity.

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How AI Challenges Disclosure in Patent Law

In a recently published law review article titled Artificial Intelligence Inventions & Patent Disclosure, California Western Professor Tabrez Ebrahim claims that AI fundamentally challenges disclosure theory in patent law. He also seeks to strengthen the objectives that patent law’s disclosure function is designed to meet.

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First Virtual XONR8 Gala Hits the High Notes

In a riveting hour-long spectacle, the first virtual XONR8 Gala took viewers on a whirlwind and at times heart-rending tour of the California Innocence Project’s work, their clients, and their total dedication to freeing the innocent.

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Latin America’s Blockchain Opportunity

In a recent op-ed published on Coindesk, California Western Professor James Cooper writes how blockchain technology is a natural step in regularizing businesses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. This technology could unleash trillions of dollars of investment and further open up those countries to market economics.

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Redesigning the Legal Skills Course for the Virtual Classroom

The California Western faculty team of Professors Allison Cato, Amy Day, David Austin, and Liam Vavasour are committed to adopting pedagogical best practices in teaching Legal Skills. Here they discuss how they have developed a unified Legal Skills course in response to the challenges of teaching in a fully online environment.

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