Category Archives: CALI Spotlight

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

End of Guest Accounts at CALI.org

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Sarah Glassmeyer

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!

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Sarah Glassmeyer

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

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Elmer Masters

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

Posted on July 19, 2012 by John Mayer

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)

Posted on July 18, 2012 by John Mayer

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

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

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)

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

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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Learn to Make Ebooks at CALIcon12

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

It’s getting easier to publish ebooks using freely available tools like Sigil and Calibre. What’s this have to do with your law school? Think open, ebook versions of your law reviews, journals, or custom course materials. All published in-house and … Continue reading →

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CALI partnering with Chicago-Kent for pilot law school clinics program

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We at CALI are very excited Chicago-Kent’s Cyber Clinics pilot project. “The goal of the project is to help establish cyber clinics as a permanent part of U.S. law school education,” Professor Staudt said. “Cyber clinics are law school courses … Continue reading →

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Adopt free, open legal ed materials.

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We’re asking legal educators to consider adopting free, open eLangdell books and supplements for their Summer or Fall classes. Consider the advantages of free, open education materials: Free for students or faculty to download, and cheap to print. Multiple formats … Continue reading →