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September 25, 2009 • 5:38 pm 0

Why you should pay attention during your legal writing classes

Failure to pay attention might get you some unwanted publicity. Just ask David Glasser, an attorney in Floriday, who was chastised by a U.S. District Court judge for poor writing skills (among other things). Be sure to click on the link to the full motion at the end of the article.

Filed under: Law School, Writing, advice

September 2, 2009 • 2:20 pm 0

Now a Word from CALI

There is often confusion surrounding the CALI authorization code among new students. Here are a few tips and a 2 minute video that to help you and your students avoid confusion.

Please pass this on to your students:

Before creating a new account at cali.org, find your school’s authorization code and have it handy. Contact your school’s rep at www.cali.org/contacts or just ask a librarian.
Use your school’s authorization code just one time. During your first cali.org registration/account creation process, enter it into the box entitled “Authorization Code.” You’ll never, ever type or even have to think about your school’s CALI authorization code again after your new cali.org account is created.
Your school’s authorization code IS NOT your cali.org username or password: You create your own username during registration. You create a unique password by following a link CALI will send you in an email immediately following the first registration step.
This may sound confusing, but take two minutes to watch the video and you should understand.

4. Once you’ve registered, use the username/password you created during registration to login at cali.org. Once registration is complete and your account is created, you use your own username and password — not your school’s authorization code, which you can officially scrub from your memory.