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June 24, 2026

Law Schools Should Teach How to Integrate AI Tools Into Practice

By David Reiss

  The Cornell Law Forum republished an article that I wrote with Robert MacKenzie, Law Schools Should Teach How to Integrate AI Tools Into Practice. It opens, Now that artificial intelligence tools for lawyers are widely available, we decided to … Continue reading

June 23, 2026

Center for Law and AI

By David Reiss

Excited to be newly affiliated with Cornell Law School’s Center for Law and AI. The Center “brings together researchers working at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence. The Center explores how AI is reshaping the legal profession, how legal … Continue reading

June 16, 2026

AI and Legal Education

By David Reiss

I was interviewed in the Forum (Cornell Law School’s Alumni Magazine) about AI and Legal Education. It reads, in part: When she first began her legal studies at Cornell, [Jessica Rosberger ’26] says many students didn’t want to disclose they … Continue reading

April 27, 2026

Rising Property Tax Assessments

By David Reiss

I was interviewed by North Country Public Radio in Canton’s  Reassessment Doubled Many Home Values. How Does That Affect Taxes? The story reads, Last month, Canton residents started receiving letters in the mail notifying them of their new property value assessments. … Continue reading

February 19, 2026

Mamdani’s Property Tax Hike Proposal

By David Reiss

ABC News interviewed me in New York Mayor Mamdani’s Property Tax Hike Proposal Puts Pressure on Taxing Millionaires. It reads, in part, David Reiss, a clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School, told ABC News that it was inevitable … Continue reading

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November 12, 2025

More on the 50-Year Mortgage

By David Reiss

Marketplace interviewed me in Trump Floated a 50-Year Mortgage to Address Housing Affordability. How Would That Work? The transcript reads, President Donald Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage over the weekend, in a social media post. The idea came from Bill Pulte, the Federal … Continue reading

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November 11, 2025

Trump & Pulte’s 50-Year Mortgage

By David Reiss

Politico quoted me in ‘Band-Aid,’ ‘Distraction’: Experts Slam Pulte, Trump 50-Year Mortgage Idea. It opens, The Trump administration is entertaining a potential plan for the government to back 50-year mortgages to address a housing affordability crisis. But, in a housing … Continue reading

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