We'd like to thank AALS and all of its attendees for a great 2010 conference. Some of the themes had a familiar ring to them for CALI. Thanks especially to those of you stopped by the booth and chatted with us about our two newest initiatives eLangdell Stimulus Project and Lawdibles. We've had a lot of interest in both so send your proposals to Deb (dequentel@cali.org) soon.
While you probably won't find an ice sculpture representing humanity's struggle to understand the Rule Against Perpetuities** at CALI's Party, you will find engaging conversation with some of CALI's wonderful authors, CEB members, board members, friends, and staff.
This year we're also inviting the library directors to join us. So, please bring your colleagues and join us for drinks and light snack-type hors d'oeuvres.
The Suite number will be available from CALI's booth in the Exhibit Hall at AALS, or by telephoning me at AALS (cell: 773-491-6917). Also, the Suite will be under Deb Quentel's name at the Westin.
We kindly request that you RSVP to Deb, dquentel@cali.org, if you think that you will be joining us.
We look forward to seeing you there.
CALI is getting in the holiday spirit this year by offering law students and professors some new toys.
If you made the nice list, you might find a Lawdible gift-wrapped for you at cali.org/lawdibles.
And we want to spread this holiday joy, so we're offering law professors a little incentive should they decide to give the gift of Lawdibles this season. If you're a professor, find out how you can star in a recording of your own and get a stipend for doing so. Preview the Lawdibles flyer we're handing out at this year's AALS meeting (if you'll be at AALS, please stop by our booth and say hi).
As you can probably tell, even the Scrooge-ish looking eLangdell guy is in the giving mood this year. This can only be because we're giving a stipend for professors who write a casebook chapter and give it to us for the eLangdell Stimulus Project. Here's the eLangdell flyer to find out what, exactly, the eLangdell Stimulus Project is and what, exactly, we are giving to those who contribute to it.
So from the staff at CALI, we'd like to wish you happy holidays!
CALI Reps and Contacts: tired of those CALI authorization code requests this time of year? Find out the best ways you can promote awareness of CALI (and the authorization code) to your school's students in Friday's webinar.
Register for the webinar here.
We will present the benefits of raising student awareness of CALI, the five basic steps all schools should take each year to do so, a few extra tips for those who want to go above and beyond, and we will answer any of your questions. Austin Groothuis, CALI's Marketing Manager, will host this webinar.
NB: This article may be considered a "war story" and is a narrative account of how I set up a new web environment for CALI over the course of a couple of days. It is technical so if you have any questions, login and use the comments to ask or drop me an email.
Learn to use Moodle, an open-source course management system, this Friday at 2:00.
Register for the webinar on Moodle now.
Professor Vernellia Randall of the Univ. of Dayton School of Law will be our guest presenter.
Think you can name a legal case based on a 140 character hint? CALI will give you a fabulous prize* if you can.
The game is simple: we'll tweet a hint (@CALILawSchool) about a legal case and you guess the case. If you're the first to respond with the right case cite, you win the fabulous prize*.
The only rules are:
Two of our favorite law professors will go over how to use CALI Lessons in your course in this week's webinar, including lesson integration with TWEN. Professors and staff at member schools are invited...
REGISTER NOW: CALI Lessons in Your Teaching, Nov 13, 3PM EDT
Presenters:
- Deb Cohen, Visiting Associate Professor & Interim Director of Academic Support, University of Baltimore School of Law
- Sally Wise, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
You can now hear about new and newly updated CALI Lessons as soon as they are available.
New and updated lesson announcements are always posted in our Twitter feed.
If you're an RSS person, subscribe to our new CALI Lessons feed and our updated CALI Lessons feed.
Congratulations are once again in order for Ron Staudt, Director of Chicago-Kent’s Center for Access to Justice & Technology, whom the ABA Journal honored in its "Legal Rebels" series.
We at CALI have been thinking a lot about the future of legal education.
John Mayer, our Executive Director, compiled this fairly comprehensive collection of links to articles, books, blog posts and other materials that relate to how things are changing in legal education, law practice, and higher education.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on the Future of Legal Education and other suggested readings. Tweet us @CALILawSchool.
We're starting webinars again next week after a little break. We're excited to bring you some great content and guest presenters in the next few weeks -- as always on Fridays at 3 PM EDT. Click the links to reserve your spot:
Oct 23: Advanced Twitter (Twitter from a Law School Communications Director's Perspective Part II)
To effectively master Twitter, there is a lot you need to do beyond what we covered in our first Twitter webinar. Tonya Oaks Smith, Director of Communications at the UALR Bowen School of Law, will present on advanced Twitter topics as a follow-up to her popular August webinar.
We've recently added a new feature to the new website: CALI Puzzles.
Check out these crosswords and let us know what you think.
Sarah Glassmeyer, Reference Librarian at the University of Kentucky, will cover free alternatives to course management software such as wikis and blogs in this coming Friday's webinar.
Follow the link below to reserve your seat today if you have not already:
Friday, Sep 18, 3 EDT:
Free Alternatives to Course Management Software (Blogs and Wikis)
