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Opinion

What Are Your Students Learning in Their Summer Internships?

They may well be absorbing subtle lessons about workplace injustices. They need opportunities to reflect on them.

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‘Catastrophic’ Tech Issues Postpone Wash. Bar Exam

Roughly 645 people will have to take the newly redesigned exam later this year or next. One outraged law dean says those options aren’t good enough for the thwarted test takers.

Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed, a man with light brown skin, dark hair and a beard, takes the stage at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.

National AAUP Starts Endorsing Political Candidates

The group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality.

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Fired Over Speech, Professors Take Their Employers to Court—and Win

The recent spate of censorship and academic freedom violations is the worst since the McCarthy era, according to one lawyer. But as faculty rack up legal victories, universities may start to think twice before punishing extramural speech.

Donald Trump, wearing a red Make America Great Again hat that clashes with his fuchsia tie, walks past a line of saluting, gray-uniformed West Point cadets in May 2025.

West Point Won’t Fight Court Ruling on Faculty Gag Order

A deadline to appeal a judge’s order overturning sweeping restrictions on civilian faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West...
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Opinion

A First Lawsuit Tests What Universities Are Owed for AI Research

The University of Tennessee’s patent suit against Anthropic challenges the technology’s core architecture—and could set a precedent for other institutions.

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Opinion

Law Schools Are Asking the Wrong Question About AI

The more interesting one is not about academic integrity. It’s about what it means to assess professional competence in a fast-changing field.

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Opinion

Students as Conscientious Objectors to Generative AI

We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect.