The National Jurist magazine recently ranked the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law as the 3rd best law school for legal technology in the nation.
Emerging technologies are changing the face of business, regulation, and individual rights. The legal profession has to keep up. The National Jurist narrowed the law school field to 30 schools and looked at how their programs and curricula addressed the latest technology and prepared students to tackle real-world legal problems.
The magazine identifies the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law as one of the earliest adopters of technology-focused legal education. The Center for Law, Science and Innovation was founded in 1983 and had helped grow the law school’s science and technology offerings to more than 50 courses.
“Every company in this country is now a technology company,” said Faculty Director Gary Marchant. “The lawyers who represent, sue or counsel such companies must also be proficient in technology. Law schools need to step up their game and train law students who can succeed and provide value to firms and clients on day one in this technology-based world.”