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Jesse Bowman

Associate Law Librarian for Technology Initiatives and Instruction Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, Illinois

Jesse Bowman is the Associate Law Librarian for Technology Initiatives and Instruction at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Valparaiso University, a Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law, and a Master of Library Science from Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. Prior to joining Northwestern in 2014, Jesse was the Digital Services Librarian at Valparaiso University School of Law.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Illinois Legal Research: Primary Sources	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Legal Research Legal Research by State	2024	May 23, 2024	116	209
Researching Judges	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Legal Concepts and Skills Legal Research	2018	July 18, 2024	127	145
Social Media Research Tools and Ethics	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Legal Concepts and Skills Legal Research	2015	March 2, 2026	264	466