CALI is pleased to announce the selection of the faculty fellows participating in the A2J Author Course Project, a joint initiative with IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and Idaho Legal Aid Services to support law school courses teaching A2J Author®. These faculty fellows will offer courses teaching students to create Guided Interviews, interactive graphical interfaces that help self-represented individuals navigate a legal process.

If your law school is a member of CALI, you have FREE access to over 900 lessons in 35 legal subjects.  They have many uses for students and faculty, but the one you're probably most interested in right now is the fact that they are a GREAT study tool for finals.  There's only one catch...you have to register on our site before you can access them.  Fortunately, registering on the CALI website is super easy and should only take you about two minutes.

Are CALI Lessons as useful to Faculty as they are students? You bet your sweet assessment they are!

Did you know that CALI has a set of resources - powerpoints, recorded lectures and exercises - created by some of the leaders in the legal practice world and absolutely free for you to use and adapt in your classes?  Well now you do!   We call them the Topics in Digital Law Practice.

CALI is pleased to welcome the Legal Scholarship Blog to our Classcaster network of blogs, websites and podcasts.

A2J Author® software—developed by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and CALI®, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction—has advanced to the final round of the international Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) 2014 Innovating Justice Awards. A2J Author finished in the top three among 14 other global innovations in the “Successful Innovations” category, which recognizes initiatives that are already making a difference.

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is seeking nominations of qualified and enthusiastic individuals to fill vacant positions on its Board of Directors. If you know of someone who would like to contribute to the research and development, strategic planning and governance of CALI, then consider nominating them for the CALI Board of Directors. Please clear it with the person first to make sure they WANT to be nominated. self-nominations are acceptable.

We're just about at the half-way point for the Fall Semester, which for law students means it's time to get serious about understanding and organizing class materials and notes.  Remember - no matter how smart you are, you're not going to be able to learn all of this stuff the night before your final exam.

Sorry, that's just not how law school works.

And if you find you've either been slacking off a bit or just not quite understanding what is going on, remember - IT'S NOT TOO LATE.  You still have a good six weeks to get yourself ready for finals.  And CALI can help!

Time is running out!  Proposals for the second round of the A2J Author Course project are due Wednesday, October 15.

The A2J Author Course Project is a coordinated effort by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI®), the Center for Access to Justice & Technology at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and Idaho Legal Aid Services. Faculty selected for inclusion in this project will receive a stipend to either create a new course - or adapt an existing one - that uses A2J Author® software as a tool for teaching students technology and practice skills. No technological experience is required to participate in this project and training and support on A2J Author® will be provided.