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Prof in the News

Filed under: Cool links, Law School, Teaching, Technology, legal research

The Legal Education Commons is now open for business

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology, Web 2.0, legal research

Laptops in the Classroom

Adding to the discussion taking place in schools around the country, Law School Innovation notes a new article on SSRN: The Laptop-Free Zone. Go read it.

Filed under: Law School, Teaching

Help CALI – Donate Stuff for eLangdell

CALI is looking for more content for eLangdell. This is a very worthy project and it would be great if they could get more “stuff.”

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology, Web 2.0, software

Hein Online Help

Joe Hodnicki, over at the Law Librarian Blog, points out that HeinOnline has some pretty good resources for teaching patrons how to use HeinOnline. Check out the training guides and videos.

Filed under: Cool links, Teaching, Web 2.0, advice, library 2.0, research guides

How to Create at CALI Account

From the folks at CALI:

YouTube – How to Create at CALI Account

CALI is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit consortium of law schools that researches and develops computer-mediated legal instruction and supports institutions and individuals using technology and distance learning in legal education.

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology

For our blogging/podcasting faculty

The folks at CALI wanted you to remember that Classcaster may fit all your blogging and podcasting needs. From the announcement:

Classcaster provides a solution for faculty, librarians, and technologists who are looking for a simple, advertisement-free, educationally-focused, and vendor neutral blogging and podcasting platform. Classcaster’s features include:

– multiple authors per blog


– multiple blogs per author


– unique URLs


– fully customizable templates


– unlimited storage for podcasts and files


– iTunes-compatible RSS2 news feeds


– automated telephone recording to podcast system


– direct access to Classcaster developer (that’d be me)


– and more….

All you need to get started is a CALI web account. Visit
http://www.classcaster.org/ or check out the Classcaster FAQ at
http://www.classcaster.org/?op=display&page=faq for more details.

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology, Web 2.0, blog

CALI Confernce 2008

This year’s CALI Conference for Law School Computing is being held at our sister law school here in Baltimore, starting tomorrow (June 19). The conference runs through Saturday (June 21). You can find the program here. There is also a wiki.

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology, library 2.0, software ,

The future of textbook publishing?

In Is Open-Source the Future of eBook Legal Publishing?, Joe Hodnicki presents (among other things) a very good overview of e-publishing efforts to date, including Amazon’s Kindle and AspenStudyDesk.  Add to this the eLangdell Project and I think we may be on the brink of something really useful.

Filed under: Law School, Teaching, Technology, Web 2.0

Will Law Schools be Next?

Filed under: Cool links, News, Teaching, Technology

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