We were surprised at the reactions (here and here) that A2J Author got at the CALI Conference this year. Mostly because many of our attendees thought it was a new product.

This is mostly the fault of the author of this post for not doing his job. So here are some facts about A2J Author:

With CALI's 19th Conference for Law School Computing behind us, we'd like to thank everyone who made it possible:  University of Colorado Law and its staff, the attendees, the session speakers, plenary speaker John Palfrey

This summer we're letting you vote on and suggest what topics we cover in our bi-weekly webinars.

Here's the link where you can vote on and suggest your own topics.

And we'll need volunteers to host some of these webinars so let us know if you are interested.

Take a look at the custom Google Map for the 2009 CALI Conference. It shows you the main the location of hotels and the law school and best routes for getting to and from the conference.

View Boulder 2009 CALI Conference in a larger map

Unfortunately, our recording software experienced technical difficulties during last week's webinar/preview of the newly designed CALI site.

For those of you who were waiting on the recording, we apologize.

We promise to give you plenty of chances to get a look at the new CALI website in the near future. Keep an eye on our Twitter, Facebook, or this blog for more announcements about the new site and other CALI news.

For those of you registered to attend the CALI Conference (or not...there's still time to register) don't forget to sign up to attend the conference plenary dinner.

Sign up for the Thursday night conference plenary dinner.

This year we'll be outside offering barbecue and other classic picnic-style food. And it's all included in your registration.

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This Friday, June 12 at 3:00 EST, webinar attendees will get a sneak peak of CALI's newly designed website.

Register to reserve your spot.

Elmer Masters, our Director of Internet Development, will preview some of the new look and features of CALI's newly designed website.

And for those of you interested in what webinar topics we will cover after the conference, we're giving anyone who is interested a chance to vote and give feedback on potential subjects before we decide!

As spring semester grades start to come back to students, CALI congratulates all of the CALI Award winners this semester.

We would also like to invite the winners to join the CALI Award Winners LinkedIn Group. When you do, you get a little CALI Award badge that you can display on your LinkedIn profile:

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John Mayer took part in a recent presentation about A2J Author along with some of the Access to Justice folks. 

Gene Koo, a Berkman Fellow who worked with CALI for the past couple of years, will be moving on to bigger and better things at the end of the month, and his new job may be of interest to CALI member schools. Here's his message to you:

Dear colleagues: