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New Jersey Statutes Online: A little better
John Joergensen, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Newark

With the State of New Jersey considering the potential costs of adopting UELMA, it was important to show how the N.J. Statutes could be made available cheaply, and in an UELMA compliant manner....

Intermediate Librarian
Legal Education, Technology, Law Practice: Intersecting Goals and CALI Projects
John Mayer, CALI

CALI is embarked on multiple large projects with overlapping goals.  
eLangdell is about electronic casebooks, but it's also about re-imaginging the course materials and pedagogy of...

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Legal Education in Crisis, and Why Law Libraries Are Doomed
James Milles, State University of New York - Buffalo School of Law
Kenneth Hirsh, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Abstract: The dual crises facing legal education—the economic crisis affecting both the job market and the pool of law school applicants, and the crisis of confidence in the ability of...

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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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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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Law Schools and the Free Access to Law Movement
Elmer Masters, CALI
Sarah Glassmeyer, CALI
Thomas Bruce, Cornell Law School

I've watched the ideas about free and open access to primary legal materials bounce around law schools for the past 20 years. How have things changed? How have they stayed the same? Does it...

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Law School "Classrooms" of the Future: Teaching Legal Skills in a Connected World
Larry Farmer, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The past decade has seen rapid expansion in the use of online methods to supplement, and even replace, traditional classroom instruction. The rate of change in education brought about by online...

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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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Individualized Education: Using Online Tools and Videos to Reach All Students
Angela Upchurch, Capital University School of Law
Cynthia Ho, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Students have increasingly diverse educational needs.  As educators, we must meet these needs and prepare our students to enter a demanding and competitive job market.  How do you meet...

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How to Steer with 20 Hands on the Wheel: Tech Tools That Guide and Stimulate Collaboration
Benjamin Carlson, Villanova University School of Law
Lori Strickler, Villanova University School of Law

We are often asked to take on projects that may be outside our comfort zone, particularly when those projects involve new technology.  A substantial part of the process in any big digital...

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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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How Do You Drive Innovation in Law School and\or the Legal Community?
Chris Bombardo, University of Tennessee College of Law
Phillip Bohl, Pepperdine University School of Law
Tom Ryan, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden

What does it mean to innovate in law school technology?  Is your school following or innovating  in technology?  What does it take for your IT Team to go from the standard...

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How do you deliver?... An example of how technology has changed the face of meetings and collaboration.
Shante Clark-Davis, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Asmara Tekle, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Stephen Zapatka, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

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High Performance Infrastructure and Slick Data --OR-- Is it smoking yet?
Daniel Nagy, REVIEW

 

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H2O - Create Free Adaptable Digital Casebooks
Dustin Lewis, Harvard Law School

The Harvard Law School Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have developed an open-source suite of online classroom tools called H2O...

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Games Theory: Engaging Students Through Games in the Classroom
David Walker, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law

Keeping students engaged in the classroom can be a chore in the digital age. Professors need to compete with Facebook, Twitter, Internet Poker, Farmville, Words With Friends, and probably a few...

Beginner Faculty
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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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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Flipping Flop?: exploring whether guest lectures can use the flipped classroom format
Scott Vanderlin, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Clare Willis, Chicago-Kent College of Law

This session will examine the “flipped classroom” teaching model through the point of view of the ad hoc or guest lecture, addressing the unique challenges in that context.

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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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