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Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Founded1982
FounderHarvard Law School and University of Minnesota Law School
TypeEducation
FocusLegal Education, Technology
Location
Area served
United States, Some International
ProductCALI Lessons
Method Computer-Aided Learning and Teaching
Members200+ Law Schools
30+ Undergraduate Programs
Various Other Organizations
Key people
Executive Director, John P. Mayer
Director of Membership Services, LaVonne Molde
Director of Internet Development, Elmer Masters
Director of Curriculum Development, Deb Quentel
Software Services Manager, Sam Goshorn
Marketing Manager, Austin Groothuis
Employees6
Websitehttp://www.cali.org

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, also known as CALI, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit consortium of mostly US law schools that conducts applied research and development in the area of computer-mediated legal education. CALI was incorporated in 1982 in the state of Minnesota by the University of Minnesota and Harvard Law schools.[1]

CALI publishes 800 (as of 2009) web-based tutorials on a variety of legal subjects. These tutorials are authored by experienced law faculty and made available to law students at CALI-member law schools. The cost of membership to CALI is US$5,000 per year for US law schools and US$250 per year for law firms, paralegal programs, undergraduate departments, government agencies and individuals.

History

CALI's old logo
Old logo 1980's-2009
  • 1970s - Interactive tutorials are developed on the University of Minnesota mainframe.
  • 1982 - CALI is incorporated as a Minnesota non-profit.
  • 1987 - CALI publishes its 100th interactive tutorial.
  • 1993 - First CALI website created.
  • 1994 - The first CALI CD-ROM containing the entire library of tutorials is published and distributed to over 100 U.S. law schools.
  • 2003 - CALI distributes free CD-ROMs for every first year law students at 196 US law schools (over 50,000).
  • 2007 - CALI distributes over 140,000 CD-ROMs (one for every law students at 205 US law schools).
  • 2008 - CALI distributes a DVD-ROM with over 720 tutorials.

References

  1. ^ Drake, Miriam A. (2003). Encyclopedia of library and information science, Volume 1. Dekker Encyclopedias Series. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 654. ISBN 0824720776.

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