Academic Law Librarians: Be a CALI Legal Research Author!

There are LOTS of benefits of being a CALI Legal Researcher Author ....

1.  Help your students:  A majority of students would rather do a CALI lesson than read a legal research textbook. See Elizabeth G. Adelman, CALI Lessons in Legal Research Courses: Alternatives to Reading About Research, 15 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 25 (No. 1,  2006).  Students and teachers feel that the lessons enhance student understanding.   Id.

2.  Help the academic legal community:  Students and faculty at other schools can make use of your lesson.

3. Help your career:   

• Deepen your own understanding of the material.
• Add to your authorship credentials by completing  a peer-reviewed product.
• Raise your profile among legal research professionals.

4.  Earn Money and Perks upon lesson completion: 

• $1,250 per lesson, split between the lesson's authors
• Waiver of the fee for the next CALI Conference on Law School Computing

For information on how to apply, visit the CALI Legal Research Community Authoring Project page.

For a personal account of a CALI author, see the following short articles from Legal Information Alert:

Top four insights.(writing a CALI lesson), April 01, 2008
CALI diary.(Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Research Instruction), September 01, 2007
Diary of a CALI exercise.(Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Research ...April 01, 2007
Diary of a CALI exercise.(Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)February 01, 2007

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