It’s a mouthful, but it represents succinctly what seems to be happening in legal education in the United States today. More and more faculty are using the computer to deliver legal education. Extending classroom discussion with email, delivering materials via the Web, authoring computer-based instruction or electronic casebooks or using the computer as an electronic chalkboard inside the classroom are all ways that schools are "voting" on computer-integrated legal education.

Librarians are publishing rich datasets of primary material for local and global constituencies. Tech staff are providing the infrastructure that delivers electronic materials to students and adding a few innovations of their own. In short, everyone’s getting into the technology act and it is more imperative than ever that we coordinate our efforts towards common goals. That’s the purpose of this conference. Just like any democracy, if you don’t vote, you can’t complain about the outcome. So like they say in Chicago, vote early and vote often. See you in June!

John Mayer
Executive Director, CALI

The workshop is full. If you would like to check for late openings please contact John Mayer at 312.906.5307 or jmayer@cali.org

3^rd Annual Electric Casebook Authoring Workshop

Once again, LEXIS-NEXIS is sponsoring a pre-conference workshop for faculty interested in electronic publications using FOLIO VIEWS. The workshop is open to any law faculty and contains two tracks - one for those just getting started and one for those who already have some experience in this area. Experts in Folio Views will be there as well as faculty who have used these materials in their courses. There will also be presentations on creating and integrating CALI lessons with your electronic casebooks.

Introduction to Folio Views	Advanced Folio Views
Tips and Tricks: Getting the Most Out of Folio	Update on the Millennium Initiative
Getting Started with CALI-IOLIS & Webolis	Demos and discussion from faculty using and writing E-books

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There are four tracks to the conference. You can attend any sessions you like. There are still some open slots so if you would like to be a presenter contact jmayer@cali.org for details.
1. Web/Internet in Legal Education
   • Distance Learning Projects in Legal Education
   • Weaving the Web into Legal Education
   • Using the Web, Internet & Email in Your Courses
   • Threaded Electronic Discussions using Hypernews
   • Publishing Internet-Rich Legal Content on the Web
   • WEBOLIS: CALI Lessons on the Internet
   • Living on the Bleeding Edge: The Experience at Nova

2. Law Libraries, Computer Centers, & Beyond
   • Compensation for Technical Staff in Law Schools
   • An Introduction to Encoded Archival Description
   • Exams on Computers
   • Student Printing Redux
   • Cost Effective Uses of Computer Technology
   • Long Range Planning for Law Libraries
   • Computer Privacy and Usage Policies
   • Examinator: Secure Essay Exams for Law Schools
   • Staffing: How Many is Enough?

3. Technology Foundations for Legal Education
   • Technical Tips and Tricks for Folio Implementors
   • Fast Networks to Support Video Conferencing and A/V Over the Local Net
   • Supporting Web Pages for the Entire Curriculum
   • Requiring Students to Purchase Computers
   • Administrative Computing: Where do we go from Here?
   • Between Inter and Intra-nets: New Products from Novell
   • Practical Multimedia for Law Faculty
   • Integrating Novell Netware and Windows NT
   • HTML Tools for Faculty

4. E-Publishing
   • Why ALL Law Reviews Should be Electronic
   • Intellectual Property Issues of Electronic Books and CALI Lessons
   • Electronic Legal Education Resources from Matthew Bender
   • The Latest from the West Information Publishing Group
   • Using Toolbook to Author Electronic Teaching Materials
   • Riots and Rebellion: A Video-enhanced Electronic Casebook
   • How to Start Writing a CALI Lesson
   • CALI-IOLIS: Advice from Experienced Authors

Conference food & timings

• Thursday, June 26: Registration starts at 8:00 am with continental breakfast. Workshop starts at 9:00 am and ends at 5:00 PM. Hot lunch provided.

• Friday, June 27: Registration starts at 8:00 am with continental breakfast. Conference starts at 9:00 am and ends at 4:30 PM. Buffet lunch provided.
  Dinner is a PIZZA, PASTA & DESERT BUFFET with Vendors and Technology Demonstrations. CALI springs for Chicago-style Pizza, drinks, assorted pastas and tasty deserts while you view demonstrations of new products from our sponsors and other vendors.

• Saturday, June 28: Registration starts at 8:00 am with continental breakfast. Conference starts at 9:00 am and ends at 5:00 PM. Soup and submarine sandwiches for lunch provided.

• Sunday June 29: Hot breakfast buffet starts at 8:00 am. Conference starts at 9:30 am and ends at 1:30 PM. No lunch provided.

EXTRA CONFERENCE EVENTS

• SHEAR MADNESS - FRIDAY NIGHT
  Uproarious fun! Tons of Laughs! It’s complete and utter..it’s SHEAR MADNESS! Part murder mystery and all comedy, you’ll follow the cast of a hair salon as they solve the mystery. Even they don’t know how it will all come out since every show is different. This long running improvisational comedy show has been a fixture of entertainment for Chicago for the past 14 years.

• HOUSE OF BLUES - SATURDAY NIGHT
  Chicago IS Blues and no place embodies that better than the HOUSE OF BLUES. Located in Marina Towers right on the Chicago River, you’ll experience the Blues, Chicago Style. Following a catered dinner, you will be treated to a night of the best the Blues has to offer. The bar tab is on you, but the admission price covers your food and entrance to the performance. As soon as we know who’s playing, we’ll post it on the website!

      PAINTBALL! - SUNDAY AFTERNOON

It’s back! Once you’ve experienced the excitement, the adrenalin rush, the FEAR, you’ll never want to do it again. The battle field is a large "U" shaped factory floor with abandoned cars, plywood "houses", black lights, fog machines and blaring music. Using CO2 pistols, you and your team seek out the enemy in a variety of set battles leading up to the "everyone for themselves" finale.

Long sleeve shirt and pants are required! Your clothes will get dirty. The "paint" is water-soluble and washes out, but bring spare clothes that you don’t care about. Masks, CO2 guns and some extra ammo will be provided. At your expense, you can upgrade your gun, rent knee/ elbow pads or buy more ammo.

WARNING! Getting hit with the paintball hurts. Head shots are strictly prohibited, but our experience tells us that this can be quite common. This is not for the faint of heart or Sunday picnickers.

• HOTEL INFORMATION
  We are sorry but due to overwhelming demand the blocks of rooms CALI reserved at the Executive Plaza Hotel and the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza have already been filled. Alternate hotel information is listed below. We are sorry we cannot offer special pricing or bus service with the new hotels, however. Bus service will be provided between the Executive Plaza Hotel and the Holiday Inn Mart Plazahotels and the conference site in the mornings and evenings and to and from extra-conference events.

  Executive Plaza FULL 71 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 800.621.4005 fax: 312.346.1721

  Holiday Inn Mart Plaza FULL 350 North Orleans Chicago, IL 60654 800-HOLIDAY (800.465.4329) fax: 312.222.9508

  ALTERNATE HOTEL INFORMATION:
  • Hyatt Regency: 1-800-233-1234
  • Palmer House Hilton: 1-800-HILTONS
  • Swissotel: 1-800-654-7263