Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
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| Founded | June 22, 1982 |
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| Founder | Harvard Law School and University of Minnesota Law School |
| Type | Education |
| Focus | Legal Education, Legal Study Aids, Access to Justice, formative assessment, open textbook, experiential learning, Law School Success |
| Location | |
Area served | United States, Some International |
| Product | CALI Lessons, A2J Author®, eLangdell® Press, Classcaster®, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards®, CALI Author™, CALIcon Conference, CALI LessonLink, QuizWright™ |
| Method | Computer-Aided Learning and Teaching |
| Members | Over 90% of US law schools are members |
Key people | Executive Director, John P. Mayer Director of Internet Development, Elmer Masters Director of Curriculum Development, Deb Quentel Software Services Manager, Sam Goshorn Systems Administrator, Dan Nagy Marketing Specialist, Scott Lee A2J Author Project Manager, Jessica Frank Membership Coordinator, Ronella Norris |
| Employees | 11 |
| Website | http://www.cali.org |
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, also known as CALI, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that does research and development in online legal education. CALI publishes over 1,200 interactive tutorials, free casebooks, and develops software for experiential learning. Over 90% of US law schools are members which provide students with unlimited and free access to these materials.
CALI was incorporated in 1982 in the state of Minnesota by the University of Minnesota Law School and Harvard Law School.[1] The cost of membership to CALI is US$8,000 per year for US law schools; free for legal-aid organizations, library schools, state and county law librarians; and US$250 per year for law firms, paralegal programs, undergraduate departments, government agencies, individuals, and other organizations.[2]
CALI Lessons
CALI Lessons are interactive tutorials written by law faculty and constantly kept up to date. They can be assigned as a study aid or to test your students' knowledge. The materials are rigorous, but short, taking 20–40 minutes to complete each lesson.
- Over 1,000 CALI Lessons and more added every year
- Coverage includes 40 different legal subject areas
- Law students use CALI Lessons over half a million times each year
- New modern lesson view in FALL 2018
Classcaster®
Classcaster® is CALI's blogging and podcasting platform for law faculty who don't want commercial advertising on their course websites. Faculty who register at the CALI website can create a website for their courses, scholarship or podcast.
CALI LessonLink
LessonLink is a service that law faculty can use to create a unique URL for a CALI Lesson that allows the professor to track the students' scores and usage down to the individual question. LessonLink lets faculty use CALI Lessons as formative assessment.
CALIcon Conference
CALI's CALIcon is a two-day conference where faculty, law librarians, tech staff and educational technologists gather to share ideas, experiences and expertise. The conference is almost always held at a newly constructed law school. www.cali.org/cali-conference
Who Exhibits at CALIcon? CALIcon exhibitors have traditionally been those in the education software and legal research industries. However, with the increasing emphasis on creating “practice-ready law students," we are also beginning to see companies from the legal practice world use CALIcon as a way to introduce themselves to the new market.
Informative Sessions Sessions are all 1 hour long, with 30-minute breaks between each to allow for networking, conversation, reflection and, of course, snacks! The sessions range from beginner to advanced and cover a wide range of topics, from Assessment to Video Technology and many topics in between. The sessions are conducted by real people sharing real experiences creating, using, designing and implementing technology in support and practice of legal education.
CALI first hosted The Conference for Law School Computing in 1991 (then known as the Conference for Law School Computing Professionals) at Chicago-Kent.[3] From 1991 to 1994 the conference was hosted at Chicago-Kent, and since 1995 the conference has been hosted on-site by various CALI member law schools.[4]
CALI Excellence for the Future Award®
A2J Author
A2J Author can be used as an experiential learning tool in law school courses to expose students to expert systems and document automation. Free training and technical support for your courses and students are available.
External links
- CALI's website
- CALI Lesson Listings
- CALI Conference Site
- CALI Author Site
- CALI Classcaster Site
- eLangdell Press Site
- CALI LessonLink Site
- QuizWright Site
- A2J Author Site
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| National | |
- ^ Drake, Miriam A. (2003). Encyclopedia of library and information science, Volume 1. Dekker Encyclopedias Series. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 654. ISBN 0-8247-2077-6.
- ^ Who Can Join CALI?
- ^ Conference for Law School Computing. Chicago, IL. June 7–8, 1991. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Conference for Law School Computing Archives". Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-05.