Category Archives: CALI Spotlight

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

CALI for 1Ls

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

CALI and CALI lessons are not just for final exam preparation. CALI is an all-year partner. We even have materials useful for incoming 1Ls during their first few weeks of school! Our newest entry into that list is the FREE … Continue reading →

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eLangdell Press – Bookstore Updates

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

There are many opportunities for change in legal education. An area ripe for innovation is the law school casebook. Technological advances have made epublishing feasible for just about anyone, the content is primarily public domain legal information and skyrocketing prices … Continue reading →

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Time Trial – Introducing Students to CALI!

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

CALI is known for many things…innovation in legal education, a commitment to providing quality and value to our membership and creating tools that increase access to justice, to name a few. Among certain segments of our membership, we are also … Continue reading →

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DIY CALI Lessons

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

As you (hopefully) know, CALI lessons are written and peer reviewed by law professors. But did you know that you can still write your own lesson and publish them to our website? We don’t intentionally keep this a secret, but … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Deb Quentel – a 2013 Fastcase 50 winner!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

We here at CALI are very excited and proud to announce that our Director of Curriculum Development, Deb Quentel, has been awarded a Fastcase 50 award for 2013. The Fastcase 50 is given to the law’s “smartest, most courageous innovators, … Continue reading →

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Taking CALIcon13 Live to the Web Using YouTube Live Events, TeleStream Wirecast for YouTube, and Commodity Hardware

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Elmer Masters

We were able to live stream the entire CALI conference on YouTube this year. A lot of folks have asked me about how we did this and that’s what this article is going to cover. Before I get into the … Continue reading →

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Law Schools as Knowledge Centers and Teaching A.I.

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Our final CALI Spotlight preview highlights two articles. The first, written by Vern R. Walker et al explores what it would mean for law schools to be “knowledge centers.” In “Law Schools as Knowledge Centers in the Digital Age,” the … Continue reading →

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A2J Clinic Integration into Traditional Clinics

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Yesterday, the CALI Spotlight Blog featured three participants from the Access to Justice Clinical Course Project that will be integrating A2J Author into their courses a part of a hybrid clinical experience. Three other participants in the A2J Clinic Project … Continue reading →

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Access to Justice and Technology Clinics: A 4% solution

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Ronald W. Staudt and Andrew P. Medeiros argue that law schools should add Access to Justice and Technology Clinics to their curricula. With “Access to Justice and Technology Clinics: A 4% solution,” Staudt and Medeiros detail Chicago-Kent’s Justice and Technology … Continue reading →

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Thinking like a lawyer, designing like an architect: preparing students for the 21st century practice

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Thinking like a lawyer, designing like an architect: preparing students for the 21st century practice Tanina Rostain, Roger Skalbeck, and Kevin G. Mulcahy suggest that building legal expert system apps furthers pedagogic goals associated with traditional law school curriculum and … Continue reading →