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What we (and better yet, our students) learned from using all the toys in the toybox
Jill Smith, Georgetown University Law Center

Grabbing and retaining students' attention in a first-year legal research class is a classic conundrum, not made any easier by the swiftness of a 5-week class schedule.  The University of...

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Challenges of Securing Clinical Data in a Cloud-centric World
Patty Furukawa, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Doug Edmunds, University of North Carolina School of Law

Securing law school clinic data used to fall under the full control of a local IT organization.  A server would be installed; a case management solution locally maintained; and the requisite...

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Lecture Capture Has A New Name
Adam Martin, University of South Carolina School of Law
Will Monroe, Louisiana State University Law Center

Lecture Capture Technology is no longer strictly for Lecture Capture. Lecture capture technology has been promoted for years as a one way medium. Recording classroom lectures, presentations,...

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Flipping the Law School Classroom: Using Technology Outside the Classroom to Engage Students in the Classroom
Joshua Pluta, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
Tommy Sangchompuphen, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law

The “Flipped Classroom” is an exciting new teaching model that leverages the wealth of available to technology to move basic lecture outside of class to allow for more engaging...

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Preparing Future Lawyers to Find Their Inner Veronica Mars: Teaching students how to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media for investigative purposes in legal practice
Andrea Alexander, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Ellen Richardson, Boston University Pappas Law Library

In an increasingly competitive economic climate, the hard truth is that many young lawyers will, either by choice or by necessity, go into small firms or solo practice.  As librarians, we can...

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Flipping the Classroom in Legal Skills Courses
Alex Berrio Matamoros, City University of New York Law School
Rich McCue, University of Victoria Faculty of Law

Adopting a flipped classroom approach can free up valuable in-class time in legal skills courses by recording screencasts of lectures that students can watch outside class while not sacrificing...

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Vocational Legal Education in Asia - Innovation, Interaction and Information Technology
Wai Shun Chow, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Michael Ng, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law

Vocational Legal Education in Asia - Innovation, Interaction and Information Technology
Associate Professor Wilson CHOW (wschow@hku.hk),...

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Analytics to Find Opportunities
Wayne Weibel, Cornell Law School
Dan Blackaby, Cornell University Law Library

Using Google Analytics can show you not only what is happening on your site, but also inflection points that offer opportunities to improve.

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Up in the Clouds: Forecasting Legal Education Challenges and Opportunities for Data Big and Small
Kari Mattox, University of Florida College of Law
Jennifer Wondracek, University of Florida College of Law
Jonathan Ezor, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Law schools are awash with data of all types:  from grades to student demographics, from bar and employment statistics, and from fundraising figures to salary details. Additionally, with the...

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Finding + Tuning Social Signals
Marcia Dority Baker, University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law
Roger Skalbeck, Georgetown Law Library

Social software platforms like Twitter and blogs can be rich with good content, but they can also suffer from problems of too much ‘noise’ and not enough ‘signal.’ In a...

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Tips for Improving Web Page Design
Scott Frey, Western State College of Law

Update: The presentation slides are posted at http://prezi.com/uqt8ffi5x07e/.  A supplemental list of links suddenly appeared as if by magic...

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Learning from Mistakes
Barbara Glesner Fines, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

My Top Ten Mistakes in Using Technology in Teaching

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All About CALI – Prizes will be Awarded
Deb Quentel, CALI

 

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How to Create a Distance Education Course
Deb Quentel, CALI

The ABA Standards dictate the number of online credits that a student can obtain for an ABA – accredited law school J.D. program. In contrast, LL.M. programs are not constrained by the same...

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An IT Evolution
Tom Ryan, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden
Tim DiVito, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden
John Joergensen, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Newark

Change is everywhere. If you believe some news reports, the Law School landscape is especially tenuous. Budgets have already been stretched for many years and the recent changes in applications...

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Law Professor Blogs Network 2.0: Faculty, IT and Vendor Collaboration
Paul Caron, Pepperdine University School of Law
David Dickens, Pepperdine University School of Law
Christopher Bollman, Round Pixel Studio

After nine years, the Law Professor Blogs Network of 40+ blogs is undertaking an evolutionary (not revolutionary) re-design. A faculty member, law school technologist, and outside vendor will talk...

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Symposium on Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age - Session 1
John Mayer, CALI
Ron Staudt, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Tanina Rostain, Georgetown University Law Center
Roger Skalbeck, Georgetown Law Library
Judith Wegner, University of North Carolina School of Law
Sunrise Ayers, Idaho Legal Aid Services

This year's conference includes a special bonus.  We are co-hosting with Chicago-Kent College of Law a symposium on one of the hottest topics in legal education.  Speakers will make...

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Symposium on Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age - Session 2
Conrad Johnson, Columbia University Law School
Mary Zulack, Columbia Law School
Brian Donnelly, Columbia University Law School
Joe Rosenberg, City University of New York Law School
JoNel Newman, University of Miami School of Law
Melissa Swain, University of Miami School of Law
Richard Granat, DirectLaw

 This year's conference includes a special bonus.  We are co-hosting with Chicago-Kent College of Law a symposium on one of the hottest topics in legal education.  Speakers will...

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Symposium on Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age - Session 3
Oliver Goodenough, Vermont Law School
Richard Granat, DirectLaw
Will Hornsby, American Bar Association
Marc Lauritsen, Capstone Practice Systems, Inc.

 This year's conference includes a special bonus.  We are co-hosting with Chicago-Kent College of Law a symposium on one of the hottest topics in legal education.  Speakers will...

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BePress - Introducing the new Digital Commons Law Network
Kathleen Cowan, Bepress

Bepress Digital Commons is delighted to announce a new database of open-access legal scholarship (100,000+ articles) that is curated by law librarians and their supporting institutions.

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