Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting

logo-call-abcd-400x166Last week I had the great pleasure and privilege of attending the Canadian Association of Law Libraries annual meeting in Montreal.  The theme for the conference was “Multifaceted Professional” and I gave the opening plenary talk on “Thriving On Chaos: The Future of

Mr Mayer Goes to Washington

JohnPicOn April 16, 2013, The White House and The Legal Services Corporation co-hosted an event titled “A White House Forum on Increasing Access to Justice.” CALI’s Executive Director John Mayer attended the event and spoke on a panel that discussed the use of technology to assist pro bono and

Want to work for CALI? We're looking for a sys admin.

We’re looking for a System Administrator to keep our many and sundry servers and databases running all day and all night (especially when law students are studying).  Here’s the link to apply at the IIT website…

www.iitri.iit.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51974

 

The position is in Chicago, specifically located at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 West Adams, Chicago, IL  60661.

Updates Released for CALI LessonLink

CALI LEsson IconLessonLink is a CALI tool that allows faculty members to view student scores, completion rates and usage of CALI Lessons.

CALI joins Free Access to Law Movement

6141183901_8c9b676d24_nCALI is proud to announce that it has joined the Free Access to Law Movement, a group of signatories to the Declaration on Free Access to Law.

CALI’s A2J Author Used to Assist Victims of Identity Theft

A2JAuthorIcon_0From a Press Release by the National Identity Theft Victims Assistance Network (NITVAN):

CALI at AALS in New Orleans!

20130104_100122 The CALI roadshow has made its way to the American Association of Law Schools annual meeting.  The full staff is here to answer your questions about CALI lessons, eLangdell, Classcaster, A2J Author or any thing related to technology in legal education.  Every hour we’ll also have one of our CALI l

Law Schools Team Up with CALI to Harness Skills of Law Students, Develop Online Tools for Low-Income Litigants

Faculty developing course kits that will be offered to all 200+ CALI member schools

CHICAGO–December 27, 2012 – The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI®) will announce at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools in New Orleans on January 6, 2013 that they have reached agreements with faculty members from six law schools to develop course kits as part of the Access to Justice Clinical Course Project (A2J Clinic Project).

Hackthelaw: Piratebox meets Free Law

There are few “down” times in the CALIverse, but the Christmas through New Year holiday break is one of them. I use the time to do updates and upgrades and installs that would be disruptive at other times of the year. I also use the quiet stretches to try out new things. One of the new things I took a shot at this break is building a PirateBox.  A PirateBox is:

Coming to AALS? Join us for CALI’s annual member meeting.

If you’re attending the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, join us Sunday morning for breakfast and a short presentation on CALI’s projects in interactive legal education, e-casebooks, and practicum-based learning.

Sunday, January 6, 2013, 7:15-8:30 a.m.
River Room, 2nd Floor Riverside Building
Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Setting Up Microsoft Word 2010 To Post To Classcaster

Blogging with Word 2010Did you know that you can use Word 2010 to write posts for your Classcaster blog? All you need to do is follow 10 steps to setup Word so that it know about your Classcaster blog and you’re in business.

Notes from a Class Observation

Today I decided to dust off my anthropology degree and do a little fieldwork in a law school class. Why?

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 justice.  Still, it’s nice when one of our own gets recognized for being kind of awesome.

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