Ready for in-person CALIcon22?

For the past 31 years, The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) has hosted its own legal education conference called "CALIcon." The CALIcon conference is a two-day event held at newly renovated or built law schools. It draws an estimated 300 attendees: law faculty, law librarians, IT professionals, distance learning staff, and law school administrators. The conference goal is to provide a unique environment for everyone to come together to share ideas, innovations, experiences, and best practices for application in law school classrooms to engage law students with tech.

Call for Presenters | CALIcon2022

Be a part of CALIcon22 by sharing your knowledge on pedagogy teaching methods and creating proven concepts with conference attendees. If you are a legal education/technology insider, thought-leader, innovator, or technology expert, submit your abstract by Midnight on Friday, April 29, for consideration in the CALIcon22 Conference Program. CALIcon22 will take place online June 9-10.

New CALI Podcast - Managing Pandemic Stress in Law School: Discussions in Law School Success

In this podcast, four Academic Support professionals provide strategies for dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while in law school. The pandemic introduced even greater uncertainty into an already stressful environment. This podcast provides tools to succeed at law school during these unprecedented times. 

New CALI Lesson - Advanced Exam Writing - Using Cases on Final Exams

Classroom discussion focuses heavily on cases. However, end of semester final exams don't normally reference cases. Many students don't know how cases operate on final exams. This lesson helps students understand where cases fit in a final exam answer and develop arguments based on cases. Students' exam arguments should improve using this lesson's techniques.

 

New CALI Lesson - Constitutional Law Research: States

This lesson will cover how to conduct legal research about the constitutions of individual states, online and in print.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Locate specific provisions of state constitutions.
2. Find cases that interpret provisions of state constitutions by using annotated statutes.
3. Find secondary materials about state constitutions by using annotated statutes.
4. List features of the amendment process for state constitutions.

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