Category Archives: CALI Spotlight

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

Congratulations John Mayer – College of Law Practice Management Fellow!

Here at CALI we don’t do things for glory or fame and we certainly don’t do it for the money.  We do what we do because we want to make legal education and educators better and to increase access to … Continue reading

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A2J Clinic Frequently Asked Questions

We’re very excited by the response we’ve gotten to the Request for Proposals for the new A2J Clinic Program.  Here are some answers to frequently asked questions we’ve received.  If you have any other questions, please don’t hestiate to contact … Continue reading

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CALI at LVI2012

This past week, half of CALI traveled to Ithaca, New York to attend the Law Via the Internet Conference.   LVI is an semi-regular international conference where those involved in making primary legal materials available on the Internet meet to discuss … Continue reading

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End of Guest Accounts at CALI.org

Up until a few hours ago, users had the option of registering as a GUEST at the CALI.org website.  They couldn’t access lessons – that’s always been a benefit just for our members.  The GUEST account option was there in … Continue reading

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Elmer Masters – One of the Fastcase 50!

Congratulations to CALI’s own Director of Internet Development Elmer Masters for being named one of the Fastcase 50!  Created in 2011, the Fastcase 50 is an annual list of the Top 50 of “law’s smartest most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries … Continue reading

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U of Minnesota Releases “Cultivating Change in the Academy”, Highlights Future of the Book

This collection of 50+ chapters showcases a sampling of academic technology projects underway across the University of Minnesota, projects that we hope inspire other faculty and staff to consider, utilize, or perhaps even develop new solutions that have the potential … Continue reading

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Farewell to Austin Groothuis

First of all, it’s pronounced “GREAT-house”, not “grue-THEW-ee-us”. I learned that the first day I met Austin quite a few years ago when CALI hired him as a student intern. Later, we hired Austin into the newly created position of … Continue reading

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How Law Schools Could Save Students $150 Million (updated)

There are over 140,000* law students in the 201 ABA accredited law schools in the US. According to the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), higher education students spend an average of $1100 per year on books. Do the math and … Continue reading

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#CALIcon12 Wrap-Up

We’d like to thank Thomas Jefferson School of Law, sponsors, speakers, and especially attendees for making the 2012 CALI Conference for Law School Computing such a success! As we’ve done with all previous years’ video, we’ll post this year’s recorded … Continue reading

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CALI Annual Report & Infographic (A Message from John)

The 2011-2012 school year was a landmark year at CALI. I am, of course, thinking of the fact that we were founded 30 years ago, but 2012 is significant in more ways than an anniversary that happens to end with … Continue reading

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