Top Law Schools Offering Innovative Tech-Focused Programs for 21st-Century Legal Professionals
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How Law Schools Are Prioritizing Tech Competence in Legal Education for Future Legal Professionals
As society increasingly integrates technology, law schools are recognizing the need to incorporate it into their learning environment to produce competent legal professionals in the 21st century. To achieve this goal, some law schools are offering tech-focused certificate programs, technology labs, interdisciplinary instruction, and collaboration to prioritize their students' tech competence.
Bloomberg Law's Law School Innovation Program acknowledges law schools that are transforming legal education through innovative teaching and experiential learning. The program has identified top-scoring programs in six categories: business, experience, justice, pedagogy, student development, and technology. In addition to program finalists, the program has also recognized several law schools, listed in alphabetical order, for their pioneering efforts in integrating technology and tech competence into legal education.
DePaul University College of Law offers interdisciplinary tech education to law students in cybersecurity and data privacy. Through the Certificate in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy, students gain foundational knowledge in tech and are better equipped to understand and advise on privacy and security concerns surrounding emerging technologies.
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law offers three innovative programs: National Innovation Tournament, Computer Technology in Legal Practice course, and Law, Logic & Technology Law Lab. These programs provide students with a platform to identify and solve problems in the legal industry with interdisciplinary collaboration and technological solutions. They learn about the impact of technologies on the practice of law and also how to use technologies to efficiently deliver legal services.
The Center for Law, Technology & Innovation at Michigan State University College of Law prepares future lawyers and legal professionals for the legal issues and legal industry of the future through its innovative programs. The Center prioritizes teaching technology skills as they are essential for new lawyers, and comfort with technology must be part of their toolsets.
Suffolk University School of Law offers a certificate program in legal innovation and technology and a legal innovation and technology lab. The Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate Program is a fully online, noncredit program designed to help legal service professionals leverage legal technology and innovation in the delivery of legal services for the 21st-century legal market. Participants learn the knowledge and competencies necessary to meet the demands of the current legal market.
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