Thomson Reuters is commemorating 150 years of customer partnership and innovation to honor the 1872 founding of John B. West Publisher and Book Seller. West’s innovative spirit lives on in Westlaw – a product that still carries his name – and in the AI-driven products and legal research technology tools used by legal professionals worldwide. Our Legal Current series features voices across …
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Thomson Reuters Awards Grants to Organizations Rebuilding Minneapolis and St. Paul Communities
This week, CityPages featured an in-depth look at the Lake Street neighborhood in Minneapolis, among the areas hardest hit by the civil unrest following the tragic death of George Floyd. CityPages reporter Susan Du explored the history of the diverse neighborhood – with its reputation as “an incubator of immigrant dreams” – as well as …
John Loscheider and Chang Wang on Parallel Universes
Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer with Thomson Reuters – and a regular contributor at Legal Current – has just released Parallel Universes: Essays and Conversations. This, his latest book, is a compilation of essays, conversations, speeches and interviews published from 2012 to 2017 in China Insight, the exclusive English-language American newspaper on US-China …
AALL 2017 – Bryan Stevenson on Inequality and Injustice
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) states on its website (LINK) that it is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenge racial and economic injustice, and to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Bryan Stevenson has led the charge on these efforts since …
Thomson Reuters Participates in Civic Engagement Efforts with Chinese Students and Alumni
With Election Day right around the corner and candidates making their final push to voters, a very select group of people met recently to learn more about how the American political system works. The Peking University Alumni Association – Minnesota (PKUAA-MN) and Tsinghua University Alumni Association – Minnesota (TAA-MN) held a joint seminar on civic …
Remembering Justice Scalia
In the past few weeks, I had the rare privilege of taking a 10-day trip to Asia with two of our prominent authors, Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Bryan Garner. We publish their very successful coauthored books – Reading Law and Making Your Case. Bryan planned this trip as a lecture series and a book-discussion and …
Magna Carta 800th anniversary commemorated with art exhibit at MSP airport
Thomson Reuters and the Airport Foundation MSP celebrate this week’s Magna Carta anniversary by creating Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law, a unique art exhibit in Concourse C at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Minnesota’s deep roots in the law – and support for the rule of law – are celebrated in the …
Magna Carta Anniversary Commemorated with Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. –Thomson Reuters and the Airport Foundation MSP celebrate last week’s Magna Carta anniversary by creating Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law, a unique art exhibit in Concourse C at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Freedom from unlawful searches and seizures. Protection from loss of life, liberty or property, without due process. The …
Pro bono work from Linklaters and Thomson Reuters ushers in new era in Liberian law
Thomson Reuters, in partnership with global law firm Linklaters LLP, recently completed a pro bono project for Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB), a not-for-profit organization with centers in the US, UK, and Kenya, that supports global justice sector capacity building through training, observation, technical support, and access to justice initiatives. LWOB fulfills its mission, in part, …
200 years of innovation
This post was written by Robert Mccorquodale, marketing executive in the Legal UKI business of Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters is the strategic partner to the Global Law Summit, held this week in London to mark 800 years since the sealing of Magna Carta. The event celebrates the history of this important document and its impact …
