Category Archives: CALI Tools

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction/CALI (a non-profit consortium of US Law Schools) announces a new, free website service… a2j.org and a2jauthor.org … for courts, law schools, non-profits and lawyers to create expert systems for pro se litigants to address the access to justice gap.

Posted on December 11, 2018 by scottlee

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – December 10, 2018 – Today we announce the launch of a2j.org and a2jauthor.org. The “a2j” stands for Access To Justice. a2j.org is a brand new website where anyone in the world can host A2J … Continue reading →

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QuizWright gets a Question Bank

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Elmer Masters

We’ve added a Question Bank feature to CALI QuizWright®, our formative assessment system. The new feature uses multiple choice questions selected from CALI Contracts Lessons. The 150+ contracts questions are available to everyone who uses QuizWright. Over the course of … Continue reading →

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CHANGELOG 2/27/2018

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Elmer Masters

Updates to www.cali.org added Views exports to enhance reporting move AutoPublish functionality toward a full API to allow for broader self-publishing of resources better email for QuizWright creation auto login to QuizWright when following menu link from CALI Dashboard fixed … Continue reading →

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Zero to Quiz in 5 Minutes: Getting Started With CALI QuizWright in 5 Quick Steps

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Elmer Masters

CALI QuizWright™ is a web app that lets law faculty write individual Multiple Choice, True/False, and Yes/No questions, saves the questions in a personal question bank, builds quizzes with the questions from the bank, uses CALI AutoPublish to instantly and … Continue reading →

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CHANGELOG 8/8/2017

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Elmer Masters

Note: CHANGELOG is an occasional feature letting you know about changes to various CALI websites. It is mostly technical in nature but may include initial listing of new features. Updates to www.cali.org Drupal updated to 7.56 References module updated to … Continue reading →

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CHANGELOG 7/19/2017

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Elmer Masters

Note: This is something new. CHANGELOG will be an occasional feature letting you know about changes to various CALI websites. It will be mostly technical in nature but will include initial listings of new features. Updates to www.cali.org In preparation … Continue reading →

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CALI Announces its new A2J Project Matching Portal!

Posted on March 29, 2016 by scottlee

CALI is pleased to announce its new A2J Project Matching Portal, a new easy-to-use feature on a2jauthor.org that facilitates partnerships between legal aid organizations, courts, and law schools to create A2J Guided Interviews. This portal centralizes A2J form automation projects … Continue reading →

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“Choose your Own Adventure” with CALI Lessons

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Sarah Glassmeyer

Not all CALI lessons are linear. To the student they may appear linear and some are in fact linear. But the option to create complex branching questions that allows the student to “choose his own adventure” through responses is available … Continue reading →

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Why Going to Law School is like a Health Club Subscription

Posted on April 7, 2015 by John Mayer

I joined a new gym recently. They had a deal where if I go to the gym 36 times in the first 90 days, I get my initiation fee back as a gift certificate to their clothing store/snack shop (protein … Continue reading →

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Revised Lessons and my Vanishing “L”

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Deb Quentel

I recently learned a new phrase “noisy learners”* to describe successful online learners. The same day, I noticed that the lettering for the “L” key on my laptop was wearing away. On the surface these appear to be unrelated events; … Continue reading →

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