The CALI Anki Flashcards project is an innovative, collaborative effort designed to enhance legal education through technology. This initiative allows law students to create and submit digital flashcards via a user interface on CALI.org, categorizing them based on specific subjects and classes. Once submitted, these flashcards are stored anonymously in a SQL database. The system […]

Thanks to the Internet, video games, and apps like TikTok, Facebook and X, attention spans of today’s students are markedly shorter than those of prior generations. Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 29 spend 6-10 hours/week playing video games. Our class at GW Law School captures that energy in the classroom with laptop […]

Free access to law has always leveraged emerging technologies to serve the information needs of the public. In this session, free access to law publishers Justia and LII will discuss how emerging technologies affect the information landscape and explore implications for legal publishing, education, and services.

In 2023, CALI introduced the Summer Challenge, a new program designed to introduce law students to first-year legal concepts and foundational skills. In this session, we will discuss the framework, objectives, and results of the inaugural Summer Challenge. By integrating the CALI Summer Challenge into pre-law programs, law schools can provide valuable resources that contribute […]

In the sweltering heat of July, twenty-seven years have I held the mantle of Director of Curriculum Development & Associate Counsel at CALI, weaving tales of education and innovation. But as August beckons, I must bid farewell to this hallowed ground. My presentation, a tapestry woven from the threads of dedication and toil, shall unveil […]

This session will explore the use of the platform-agnostic LIT Prompts browser extension as a tool for legal education. Discussion will include using the tool to simulate client interactions and reflective journaling, along with how it can be used to introduce students and instructors to ideas surrounding the use of Large Language Models (LLMs). By […]

Is tech competency the same thing as digital literacy or data literacy? Neither? Both? Is text mining the same thing as sentiment analysis? Research shows that Generation Z lacks fundamental critical thinking skills that underlie much that falls under the literacy umbrella. And much of that existing research is prior to the AI boom… Come […]

Access to information is fundamental to achieving justice, especially in contexts where historical legal precedents intersect with contemporary issues. 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the first “Boldt decision” issued in the long-running Washington State tribal fishing rights case United States v. Washington. This session we will describe the law library’s undertaking to digitize all […]

Got a bunch of stats but can’t make sense of them? Can’t quite get Excel to make the pivot tables you want? Want to quickly unite Data Set A to Data Set B (I’m looking at you, Springshare Tickets and Springshare Analytics!)? Let Exploratory do the work for you! This desktop data analysis program will […]

Last year, I saw a demonstration about StackMap. Our library is only one floor, so I couldn’t justify the cost of mapping software for only a small part of our school. However, as the demonstration went on, I suddenly had an idea. Could we configure StackMap to map out our entire school? While I didn’t […]

In an increasingly digital world driven by artificial intelligence, the importance of instilling empathy in future lawyers cannot be overstated. As technology continues to evolve, so too should our methods of teaching empathy to the next generation of lawyers. This session proposes an exploration of teaching empathy through the lens of document assembly—a critical tool […]

Nearly every law school prides itself on being student-centered through open door policies, a commitment to outcomes, and an array of support services. Technology can help a school become even more student-centered and accessible. At Charleston School of Law, we are especially proud of our student-centric culture. One of the ways we have developed that […]

This session examines a few of the doctrinal courses I teach and how I was able to incorporate experiential sessions that were not part of the original syllabus. Although the faculty prep-work is not immaterial, student reception of these types of classes makes it most worthwhile.

While students are being taught to utilize and excel using legal technology, there is an opportunity to go further and prepare them for the ever-changing legal industry. We should be preparing them for the possibility of virtual law practice since more and more positions are becoming hybrid or fully remote. Also, students may want to […]

CALI is always thinking about the future, but in 2024, we are going through a formal strategic planning process. This plenary session will invite the audience in on the discussion on possible projects and futures for the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. CALI is different things to different people. At its core, it’s a nonprofit […]

While some law schools have IT employees and some rely on main university IT support, the University of Florida Levin College of Law has adopted a blended service model. A seven person IT team is fully embedded at the College of Law but are employees of the University of Florida Information Technology Academic Technology Support […]

This session will discuss a budget minded approach to creating a modern technology advanced classroom that supports all of your needs, including hybrid learning. This talk will cover everything from what you see when you walk in the door, wirelessly presenting content in the room, and capturing whatever video or content is shared for recording […]

This session will be a demo of the steps required to offer up a free no-code open-source integrated tool for non-lawyers to find relevant legal materials using scraping, formatting, embedding, and sending relevant content to a large language model.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the legal landscape, creating an urgent and pressing need for law schools to incorporate generative AI instruction (how it works, the legal issues, and how to use it efficiently and responsibly). This presentation addresses the ethical and practical reasons law schools should instruct law students on using generative AI […]

There is no accepted view about how technology should be taught in law schools. Our view is that this is a good thing. Law schools presently have no obvious ways to distinguish themselves in the market for students. There is no right way to approach this new world and the variety of responses to AI […]