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Session 1: Innovation in Legal Services
Get PDFThis panel featured two “disrupters” who detailed their experiences innovating in the legal services space. The first panelist spoke about data-driven regulatory reform and the other spoke as an entrepreneur whose product introduces artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal recruiting process. Two additional panelists provided commentary regarding the second panelist’s presentation.
The panel provided insight on the topics of: (1) the legal regulatory process at large; (2) how a data-driven and feedback-oriented sandbox provides an alternative regulatory process; (3) the legal hiring and recruiting process and (4) how AI allows law firms to consider alternative hiring metrics when assessing candidates and determining the likelihood of a candidate’s success at the firm. During the commentary, a client of the platform spoke about his experiences with the platform. An expert in legal hiring who has worked both on the academic side as well as with firms, asked additional questions about the platform. In the Q&A portions of each presentation, the panelists addressed questions from symposium organizers and attendees regrading equity and validity of their proposed “disruptions.
Surrogacy in the United States: From Prohibition to Permission
No full textSurrogacy law in the United States has evolved significantly in the last several decades. Unlike many other countries, surrogacy is the subject of state-by-state regulation in the United States rather than the federal government. In 1986, the New Jersey Supreme Court declared that contracts for the purpose of traditional surrogacy are against public policy and will not be enforced. A few years after the Baby M case, the New York state legislature passed a law criminalizing surrogacy. Thirty years later, both New Jersey and New York also reversed course and recently legalized compensated surrogacy. The trend from prohibition to permission of surrogacy has been occurring in many states around the country. There are several explanations for this change. The first relates to the advances of medical technology. The Baby M case involved a “traditional” or “genetic” surrogacy, whereas with the increased availability of in-vitro fertilization, gestational surrogacy is more common.Besides medical technology, other reasons also explain trend to legalize compensated surrogacy. The debates around the recent New York legislation are emblematic of the new national politics around surrogacy in the United States today. First, a new powerful lobby of gay men and other members of the LGBTQI community pushed for legalization of surrogacy in New York. Second, while in the 1980s much of the feminist opinion on surrogacy was opposed to it, a new feminist perspective in favor of surrogacy was injected into the debates. However, consistent with their positions over the last thirty-years, certain feminists and Catholic groups continued to oppose legalization. Third, another important voice in the conversation is RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (Resolve), which also supported surrogacy legalization in New York and other states.There is no consistent approach to surrogacy across the U.S. states. The general trend among states is to explicitly legalize compensated surrogacy contracts through statute. The statutes are not uniform across the country. They differ, for example, in regard to who can be an intended parent and the rights and responsibilities of the surrogate. Even where there is no statute legalizing surrogacy contracts, courts may still enforce them. Courts may also permit intended parents to obtain orders naming them on the birth certificate of the child. Despite the trend, a few states have continued to prohibit surrogacy.In this chapter, I trace the changing perspectives in the U.S. courts on surrogacy. I provide an overview of the various legal approaches to surrogacy across U.S. states today. I conclude with a case study of the debates surrounding the legalization of surrogacy in New York. Although the dynamics vary from state-to-state, the general trend is to legalize surrogacy. Anti-feminist and religious organizations are often active in opposing efforts to legalize, but other feminist groups, LGBTQI organizations and advocates for infertile people have support efforts to legalize it, The positions of the various interest groups participating in the legislative process in New York reflect the new national perspectives on surrogacy
Student Life E-Newsletter March 07, 2022
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Student Life E-Newsletter February 14, 2022
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Games at 50th Anniversary Picnic
No full textThis photo was taken at Seattle University School of Law\u27s 50th Anniversary Picnic., which launched a year of 50th anniversary celebrations with a family-friendly picnic event in Tacoma at Titlow Park. Tacoma was the birthplace of the law school in 1972, at University of Puget Sound. (Photos by Mel Ponder)https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/archives_photos/1083/thumbnail.jp
People with Ice Cream
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Student Life E-Newsletter October 31, 2022
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Student Life E-Newsletter October 04, 2022
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Student Life E-Newsletter November 28, 2022
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Singing Scholar: David Skover Retires from Teaching, Legal Scholarship
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