Category Archives: CALI Spotlight

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

A Book Is A Book And Other Thoughts On Our Webby Future

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Elmer Masters

In February I wrote that every book is a website and we need to embrace the webiness of books. This led to some good discussion about the nature of books generally and casebooks in particular and about the nature of … Continue reading →

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More to eLangdell than the “e:” How Legal Educators Can Use & Adopt Our Books.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

So tell the truth. Some of you looked briefly at eLangdell and dismissed it as an e-book project. “I don’t even have an e-reader?,” “Students can’t highlight/make notes in e-books,” “I just like print,” and “What will I do with … Continue reading →

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Keynote Speakers for CALI Conference Announced

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

The CALI Conference for Law School Computing’s agenda is starting to round out nicely. You can now review some of our accepted sessions, and today we’re very excited to announce our keynote speakers: Dave Cormier Keynote Speaker: Thursday, June 21, … Continue reading →

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The Future of The (Case)Book Is The Web

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Elmer Masters

Recently there has been an explosion of advances in the ebook arena. New tools, new standards and formats, and new platforms seem to be coming out every day. The rush to get books into an “e” format is on, but … Continue reading →

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You can still join our free online course, Topics in Digital Law Practice!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

There’s still time to join our free online course, Topics in Digital Law Practice. If you haven’t yet, register for the course and catch up by watching video of last week’s course (below). Then join us live Friday at 2pm … Continue reading →

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2012 CALI Member Meeting

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

Want to know what we’re up to here at CALI? John Mayer, our Executive Director, gave his annual “State of CALI Address” during the 2012 CALI Member Meeting at the AALS Annual Conference in January. You can watch it here: … Continue reading →

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The Garage

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Deb Quentel

The stories are legendary – of great tech companies from HP to Google starting in garages. CALI didn’t exactly get its start in a garage, but I do I like to think of CALI’s booth at AALS as the “garage” … Continue reading →

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Free, Online Course on Digital Law Practice

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

Because of technological, economic, and market pressures, the way we practice law is rapidly evolving. Law students, are you prepared for these changes in law practice? Legal educators, are you preparing your students? CALI is offering a free nine-week online … Continue reading →

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The Enhanced Book

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Sarah Glassmeyer

I have a box of tissues on my desk that’s decorated like a bookshelf. My mother jokingly gave it to me when I started at CALI just in case I started to miss being surrounded by books all day. The … Continue reading →

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New Way to Print Lesson Score Certificates

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

Another new CALI Lesson feature: print a score certificate outside of a lesson at cali.org, even after the lesson has been finalized. Login to cali.org and click “My Lesson Runs.” Click the score% of the lesson you’d like to print. … Continue reading →

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