Category Archives: CALI Spotlight

Posts by CALI staffers. Thoughts, opinions, and ideas about technology and innovation in legal education.

Time to Archive AALL – It’s Time for a New Meme

The word or phrase “law library” used to mean “the place to get the law”. Before online databases, there wasn’t any other place to get the law – it was too big to put in your pocket or sit in … Continue reading

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Call for Nominations for the CALI Board of Directors

Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2015 (6pm CST). Email John Mayer (jmayer@cali.org) to submit nominations. Click here for the current CALI Board of Directors. The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is seeking nominations of qualified and enthusiastic individuals to fill … Continue reading

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CALI Fall 2015 – Getting Registered

Most of the good stuff on www.cali.org requires you to have a CALI account. Accounts are available for everyone at CALI member schools, all you need to do is register. Registration is very easy and should take about 2 minutes. … Continue reading

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CALIcon15 Videos Now Available

Didn’t make it to CALIcon?  Missed a session due to scheduling?  No problem!  The CALIcon15 Videos have all been uploaded and are available for FREE viewing. You have two choices for viewing – you can visit the CALIcon YouTube page … Continue reading

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Build a personalized schedule for CALIcon15

The 25th annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing, June 18 – 20, 2015 at University of Denver Sturm College of Law is right around the corner. We’ve put together an interesting and diverse schedule that will show off some … Continue reading

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Why Going to Law School is like a Health Club Subscription

I joined a new gym recently. They had a deal where if I go to the gym 36 times in the first 90 days, I get my initiation fee back as a gift certificate to their clothing store/snack shop (protein … Continue reading

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Revised Lessons and my Vanishing “L”

I recently learned a new phrase “noisy learners”* to describe successful online learners. The same day, I noticed that the lettering for the “L” key on my laptop was wearing away. On the surface these appear to be unrelated events; … Continue reading

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Get Aboard the Incubator Bandwagon

I attended the ALI Incubator Conference that had the full, cumbersome name of “Enhancing Social Justice Through The Development of Incubator Programs & Residency Programs”.  It was held February 27-28, 2015 at California Western School of Law and cosponsored by … Continue reading

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25, 250,000, 2,500,000 AND 10,000,000

We don’t talk enough about our accomplishments here at CALI. I believe it is because we are too busy working on the “next thing” and barely pause long enough to get the word out about how other things are going. … Continue reading

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CALI Infographics

With the 25th anniversary of CALIcon approaching and the expanding offerings of CALI, I decided to make some infographics that make it a little easier to digest what it is we do and how long we’ve been doing it.   Spoiler … Continue reading

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