Author Archives: Austin Groothuis

#CALIcon12 Wrap-Up

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We’d like to thank Thomas Jefferson School of Law, sponsors, speakers, and especially attendees for making the 2012 CALI Conference for Law School Computing such a success! As we’ve done with all previous years’ video, we’ll post this year’s recorded … Continue reading →

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CALI Annual Report & Infographic (A Message from John)

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

The 2011-2012 school year was a landmark year at CALI. I am, of course, thinking of the fact that we were founded 30 years ago, but 2012 is significant in more ways than an anniversary that happens to end with … Continue reading →

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900 CALI Lessons and Counting

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We just published our 900th CALI Lesson on cali.org! The 900th lesson was Professor Steve Bradford’s “Inventory and the Cost of Goods Sold.” This is a true milestone for CALI. Congratulations to Professor Bradford on another great lesson, and to … Continue reading →

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Learn to Make Ebooks at CALIcon12

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

It’s getting easier to publish ebooks using freely available tools like Sigil and Calibre. What’s this have to do with your law school? Think open, ebook versions of your law reviews, journals, or custom course materials. All published in-house and … Continue reading →

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CALI partnering with Chicago-Kent for pilot law school clinics program

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We at CALI are very excited Chicago-Kent’s Cyber Clinics pilot project. “The goal of the project is to help establish cyber clinics as a permanent part of U.S. law school education,” Professor Staudt said. “Cyber clinics are law school courses … Continue reading →

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Adopt free, open legal ed materials.

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

We’re asking legal educators to consider adopting free, open eLangdell books and supplements for their Summer or Fall classes. Consider the advantages of free, open education materials: Free for students or faculty to download, and cheap to print. Multiple formats … Continue reading →

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More to eLangdell than the “e:” How Legal Educators Can Use & Adopt Our Books.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

So tell the truth. Some of you looked briefly at eLangdell and dismissed it as an e-book project. “I don’t even have an e-reader?,” “Students can’t highlight/make notes in e-books,” “I just like print,” and “What will I do with … Continue reading →

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Keynote Speakers for CALI Conference Announced

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

The CALI Conference for Law School Computing’s agenda is starting to round out nicely. You can now review some of our accepted sessions, and today we’re very excited to announce our keynote speakers: Dave Cormier Keynote Speaker: Thursday, June 21, … Continue reading →

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You can still join our free online course, Topics in Digital Law Practice!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

There’s still time to join our free online course, Topics in Digital Law Practice. If you haven’t yet, register for the course and catch up by watching video of last week’s course (below). Then join us live Friday at 2pm … Continue reading →

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2012 CALI Member Meeting

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Austin Groothuis

Want to know what we’re up to here at CALI? John Mayer, our Executive Director, gave his annual “State of CALI Address” during the 2012 CALI Member Meeting at the AALS Annual Conference in January. You can watch it here: … Continue reading →

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