ProfNet Experts Available on AI in the Legal Industry, Wildfires, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Qatar Files Complaint with WTO
• The Adoption of AI Technologies in the Legal Industry
• Wildfires

MEDIA JOBS

• Reporter – WSJ Pro Bankruptcy (NY)
• News Editor, Life & Arts – Wall Street Journal (NY)
• News Reporter – Global Competition Review (DC)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Capturing Results Through Successful Social Media Headlines
• 5 Tips to Take Your Portrait Photography to the Next Level
• Blog Profiles: Dog Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Qatar Files Complaint with WTO
Raj Bhala
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law and Rice Distinguished Professor
University of Kansas
Bhala can discuss the complaint Qatar has filed with the World Trade Organization, the trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, international trade law, Islamic law and potential outcomes of the dispute. The dispute "raises profound and unprecedented issues about the connection between national security and international trade and places tremendous strain on the self-destructing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the under-performing WTO," Bhala said.
Bhala has authored dozens of books and journal articles on international trade law, including "TPP Objectively: Law, Economics and National Security of History's Largest, Longest Free Trade Agreement," "Understanding Islamic Law (Shari'a)," the textbook "International Trade Law" and "Modern GATT Law."
Contact: Mike Krings, [email protected]

The Adoption of AI Technologies in the Legal Industry
Dean Sonderegger
Vice President of Legal Markets, Innovation
Wolters Kluwer
The availability of big data and the processing power that we currently have at our disposal enables artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns and insights from large sets of data. As a result, attorneys will be empowered to make more informed decisions than ever before. As AI algorithms achieve higher adoption, the tasks lawyers perform will take less time, enabling them to better advise their clients and provide a higher quality of service. On the consumer end, we will see a significantly higher portion of the population have access to the law. Consumer tools like Legal Zoom will dramatically increase access to legal services from individuals (just as consumer tax prep software has done). This, in turn, will put price pressure on smaller law firms to adopt AI technologies in order to remain competitive.
Says Sonderegger: "Widespread access to technology for consumers has the potential to disrupt the legal industry; the impact of technology on the accounting industry over the past decade offers a view of what that impact could look like. There are a lot of lessons that legal practitioners can learn from the accounting industry's evolution. Where there is a challenge, there is also an opportunity."
Sonderegger has more than 25 years of experience in the tax and legal software and services industries. He received his M.B.A. from George Washington University and holds both a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Website: https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/
Contact: Aaron Kupferberg, [email protected]

Wildfires
Albert Simeoni
Professor, Fire Protection Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Even today, despite progress in modeling and experimentation, the spreading of forest fires are not well understood. This area of research is challenging, interesting, and critical since it has the potential to greatly impact on the safety of people, goods, and the environment."
As a former firefighter in Corsica, Dr. Simeoni has 19 years of experience and is an internationally recognized leader in wildland fires, building protection, and fire science. He is a certified fire and explosion investigator, and has developed experimental, analytical, and numerical techniques to better understand fire dynamics and to predict fire behavior. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Wildland Fire Network, National Association of Fire Investigators, and former director of Wildland Fires and Simulations at Jensen Hughes. He is based in Worcester, Mass., and is fluent in French and Corsican.
Website: www.wpi.edu
Contact: Colleen Wamback, [email protected]

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• Reporter – WSJ Pro Bankruptcy (NY)
• News Editor, Life & Arts – Wall Street Journal (NY)
• News Reporter – Global Competition Review (DC)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

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• CAPTURING RESULTS FROM SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MEDIA HEADLINES. You've written your story and now it's time to promote it, but drawing in eyeballs to your content will require strategy. Much like a traditional news story, it all starts with a headline. Politico's social media editor, Trevor Eischen, recently shared insightful advice on how to craft social posts to drive site traffic and increase engagement: http://bit.ly/2vmxBZR
• 5 TIPS TO TAKE YOUR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. A headshot is essential for anyone with a professional online presence. However, the person behind the camera should be just as prepared to ensure a great experience from beginning to end, whether you're taking headshots for someone's personal brand or shooting portraits for your stories. If you're looking for ways to enhance your photography in this space, here are our top five tips for your next one-on-one photo session: http://bit.ly/2vFdBBd
• BLOG PROFILES: DOG BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and profiles a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at dog blogs: http://bit.ly/2voRyBG

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