Registration is Open for the CALIcon Conference 2023

Posted on January 25, 2023 by scottlee

Be amongst the first to register for the CALIcon Conference 2023!  The CALIcon Conference, also known as The Conference for Law School Computing®, is one of the longest-running legal education conferences in the United States. The conference brings together law school faculty, librarians, IT professionals, and administrators to share ideas, innovations, experiences, and best practices in legal education/technology that you can use at your law school. It is eclectic, engaging, and fun.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Visit the CALIcon2023 website for all of the conference details!

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Just in time for teaching Torts & Regulation in the spring term!

Posted on December 27, 2022 by scottlee

New Tort law casebook edition by CALI eLangdell Press

Help Build the Foundation for Law School Success! CALI has released a new two-volume casebook edition for 1L classrooms that is under a Creative Commons license and FREE to download with most mobile devices and tablets.

Description: Torts and Regulation: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, Third Edition (TRCPI) is designed to bring together common law principles in the field of torts with related statutory and regulatory materials. The aim is to provide a text that introduces students to key tort principles and the way in which those tort principles have in part shaped the regulatory state and in part been supplanted by the regulatory state.

Available in Black and White or color printing.

 

Link to new Tort Law edition by CALI eLangdell Press

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New CALI Lesson: Tips on How to Talk to Your Professors

Posted on November 14, 2022 by scottlee

New CALI Lessons for Academic Support PreparationIn this lesson, we will discuss best practices to follow when deciding whether to approach a professor with a question. Also, we will cover some valuable tips that will help you get the most out of your meeting. The goal of this lesson is to help you make your interactions with faculty positive and valuable experiences.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Distinguish what steps to take when approaching a professor with a question.
2. Schedule a time to talk to your professors in a professional manner.
3. Formulate questions that make the interaction with your professor as helpful as possible.

Learn more, click here.

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New CALI Podcast – Value and Rights in the Collateral: Discussions in Secured Transactions

Posted on October 31, 2022 by scottlee

Secured Transaction Law Podcast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This podcast focuses on two of the elements needed to attach a security interest to collateral under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: value given and a debtor’s rights in the collateral. The security agreement requirement is the subject of a separate podcast.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the podcast, the student will be able to:
1.    Recall the definition of a security interest as provided in U.C.C. § 1-201(35).
2.    Identify two of the key elements of attachment of a security interest: (i) value given; and (ii) the debtor having rights to the collateral, per U.C.C. § 9-203.
3.    Describe the various ways one can satisfy the value requirement as provided in U.C.C. § 1-204.
4.    Describe the various ways in which the debtor can have rights to the collateral.

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File CT11_10P-Value-and-Rights-in-the-Collateral.docx

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Final Chapters Available for Criminal Law: An Integrated Approach casebook

Posted on October 17, 2022 by scottlee
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New CALI Podcast: Why Outlining Should Be Called Synthesizing

Posted on September 29, 2022 by scottlee

Academic Success Podcast from CALI

This podcast discusses why outlining in law school should really be called synthesizing, and gives tips to help you outline (or synthesize!) more effectively.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the podcast, the student will be able to:
1.   Explain how outlining in law school is actually the process of synthesizing.
2.   Recognize the various ways one can build an outline in law school, taking into account personal learning style and class subject.
3.   Assess which types of outlines work best for your own personal organization and retrieval of information.

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File LSS53P-Outlining-Synthesizing.docx

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Podcast: Using Tech to Advance Legal Education and Access to Justice

Posted on July 27, 2022 by scottlee

CALI Podcast on Legal Education and Access to Justice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For 28 years, John Mayer has been executive director of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, or CALI, a non-profit consortium of some 200 law schools that describes itself as “the innovative force pushing legal education toward change for the better.” Along the way, CALI’s mission expanded to include addressing access to justice, primarily through its development, in partnership with Chicago-Kent College of Law, of A2J Author, an expert system designed to help self-represented litigants complete court forms and navigate legal processes.

In this episode of LawNext, Mayer joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the history and mission of CALI and to share his thoughts on the use of technology to enhance legal education. They also talk about how and why A2J Author was developed and how it is used by courts and legal services organizations to help those who are without legal representation. Mayer also shares his thoughts on the future of innovation in law and on the future of CALI.

Moderator:

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Bob Ambrogi

Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.

Click here to view the podcast.

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New CALI Podcast – First-Generation Student Experiences: Discussions in Law School Success

Posted on June 22, 2022 by scottlee

Listen to First-Generation Law Students Discuss Their Experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this podcast, Melissa Hale, academic support professional and fellow first-generation student, speaks with two of her students about what it’s like to be a first-generation student in law school.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the podcast, the student will be able to:

  1. Recall advice about how to tackle law school as a first-generation student.
  2. Describe ways law school might be different from undergrad from the perspective of a first-generation student.
  3. Recognize ways in which being a first-generation student can shape the law school experience.
  4. Identify the unique qualities and skills of first-generation students attending law school.
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Dean Browne Lewis, CALI Board Member and Author

Posted on June 6, 2022 by John Mayer

We are devastated by the news of Dean Browne Lewis’ passing.   Here is the announcement from NCCU:

https://www.nccu.edu/news/message-chancellor-fallen-eagle-atty-browne-c-lewis-dean-nccu-school-law

Browne pushed me and CALI to be better.

Dean Lewis authored three CALI books under our eLangdell Press…

Bioethics and the Law: Notes, Cases, and Problems

Law of Wills

The Law of Trusts

… and authored two CALI lessons and was a member of the CALI Board of Directors.

We will miss her counsel, authorship, and friendship.  We are diminished by this loss but determined to be better as Browne would have wished.

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We are please to announce Afua Bruce as the CALIcon Conference Keynote Speaker

Posted on May 16, 2022 by scottlee

AFUA BRUCE

Author, The Tech That Comes Next | tech + strategy + government + NGOs | STEM education and inclusion | Keynote Speaker | AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

AFUA BRUCE is a leading public interest technologist who has spent her career working at the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Her work has spanned the government, non-profit, private, and academic sectors, as she has held senior science and technology positions at DataKind, New America, the White House, the FBI, and IBM. Afua is currently a strategy consultant and advisor to organizations developing and expanding responsible innovation projects in the corporate, government, and nonprofit spaces. She is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.  As an CALIcon22 Keynote SpeakerIf/Then Ambassador, Afua engages in efforts to excite girls to consider STEM careers; she has partnered with GoldieBlox, appeared on CBS’s Mission Unstoppable TV show, and is featured in a number of museums around the country. Afua has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Her newest book, The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Technologists, and Philanthropists can Build an Equitable World, describes how technology can advance equity.

Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/afua_bruce

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afua_bruce/

More information – 2022.calicon.org

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