Category Archives: eLangdell

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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Current Federal Rules of Procedure Now Available From CALI and LII

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Sarah Glassmeyer

The Federal Rules of Procedure govern how litigation in federal courts occurs. They are also a very common supplement assigned to law students, who then spend upwards of $50.00 to purchase them. So it is with great pleasure that we … 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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2013 Federal Rules by LII Now Available on eLangdell

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Once again, CALI is proud to partner with our friends at the Legal Information Institute to provide free ebooks of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence. The 2013 Editions … Continue reading →

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Professor Created Course Materials Survey

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Sarah Glassmeyer

As you may know, one of the projects we work on here at CALI is eLangdell Press, which creates and distributes open law school casebooks. We do this because we believe educational materials should be Open – that is to … 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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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 →