If you tried to access www.cali.org at any time on Thursday, April 21st into the early morning of the next day you know it was not available. We're very sorry about this (we weren't the only ones hit by it) and we know it couldn't have been a worse time for those of you with finals approaching. Thanks to everyone for your patience throughout; and a special thanks to (read on for more)...
Faculty Colleagues - I wish to extend an invitation to faculty to attend the 2011 CALI Conference for Law School Computing, to be held at the new state-of-the-art Marquette Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 23-25 (yes, the Brewers are in town). This conference is not just for nerds or, more accurately, for the nerd in all of us. You will learn a great deal about enhancing your teaching and your scholarship in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Please contact me or the CALI staff if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!
Scott J. Burnham, President, CALI
Make sure you keep an eye on our YouTube channel over the coming months as we upload all the CALI Conference session videos we can find. Here's Clay Shirky's keynote presentation for the 2004 CALI Conference in Seattle. And of course, don't miss this year's CALI Conference in Milwaukee.
This lesson is designed to provide students with both an overview of Michigan primary resources and a "how to" guide to researching various Michigan primary resources.
While the lesson aims to introduce the specifics of researching Michigan law to a researcher already familiar with the basics of legal research, it will also be helpful to students and professionals trying to understand those basics through the process of Michigan-specific research.
The 2011 CALI Conference in Milwaukee is approaching quickly: June 23-25. If you haven't yet, it's time to register for the conference.
Click to read some conference updates, reminders, and a list of proposed sessions so far...
CALI partners with Chicago-Kent's Access to Justice & Technology on A2J Author, software that lets lawyers create computer-based interviews. A2J interviews simplify the court system for self-represented litigants by turning legal documents into an easy-to-understand series of questions. We're very excited about New York State Courts Access to Justice Program's new Best Practices Guide for Using A2J Author. Court systems interested in implementing A2J Author should check it out.
CALI has a few helpful how-to videos that help students complete the most common issues they run into on The CALI website. Check out - or point your students to - these videos if you're new to the website and need to register, have created an account as a guest and need access to the lessons, or need to retrieve your cali.org password. See them all below...
Congrats to a prolific CALI lesson author, and our former board president, Barbara Glesner Fines for being named one of the 23 Law Profs to Take Before You Die by the National Jurist. Here's a list of the fine CALI Lessons Professor Glesner Fines has written for us, mostly in Professional Responsibility and Remedies.
The CALI Excellence for the Future Awards website is back up and running. If your school is interested in participating in the awards program (free to US law schools), contact John Mayer at jmayer@cali.org.
It's a little easier to see that CALI has a bunch of state-specific legal research lessons. Have a look at our new legal research lessons map to find your state's lessons.
Is your state not available? We have plenty of non-state specific legal research lessons. And if you know a law librarian in your state, have them contact us if they're interested in authoring a lesson for your state.
