2009 CALI Conference for Law School Computing Sessions

Here is a list of sessions that have been accepted for the 2009 Conference for Law School Computing®. Please note that scheduling information, including location, date, and time, is subject to change. A preliminary agenda will be available on or after May 15, 2009.

  • Multimedia applications: Creating Tools for Instruction and other Law School activities

    Video is traditionally the medium used in law schools as the tool for providing instruction. The issue or dilemma has always been its accommodation of textual based visual content that communicates complex legal concepts. With the advancement of media technologies there are no longer limitations and the transformation requires a significant level of creativity and individual motivation.

    Room: 
    205
    Time Slot: 
    9am - 10am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Presenter(s): 
    Nefeli Soteriou, SUNY, Buffalo Law School
    Web Session: 
    Web Session: Multimedia applications: Creating Tools for Instruction and other Law School activities

  • Thinking Outside the (Glass) Box: Digital Displays in Law Libraries

    Glass display cases have long been a stock feature of libraries; in the academic law library, we often use them to exhibit our faculty’s scholarly work to increase awareness in the law school and academic community. But legal treatises and journals are rarely eye-catching. And at a time when reading, writing and publishing are all rapidly evolving into digital formats the whole concept of showing books in glass display cases seems so… 20th century. At the Barco Law Library we've created a digital display kiosk that is an electronic showcase for faculty scholarship.

    Room: 
    207
    Time Slot: 
    10:30am - 11:30am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Presenter(s): 
    Susanna Leers, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
    Web Session: 
    Web Session: Thinking Outside the (Glass) Box: Digital Displays in Law Libraries

  • Educational Technology Specialist - What Is It?

    Results of a survey on Educational Technology Practices in US law schools will be presented and discussed.
     
    Deans, Faculty, library and IT staff struggle to define and support the use of educational technologies. Some law schools have an Educational Technology Specialist, while others rely on traditional IT or library staff to fulfill this role.
     
    But what is educational technology? Is it email, iTunes U and Twitter? Does it include helping faculty research and develop courses using course management software (i.e. Blackboard), clickers, SSRN, Adobe Acrobat, Camtasia, Turnitin and mind maps? Who is responsible for training law school faculty and students on these technologies? What qualifications does someone need to be an educational technology specialist in a law school? We will present the results of a special Educational Technology survey on these issues and more.
     
    Session goals include:
     
    1) Exchanging info on current practices, including job descriptions, qualifications, staffing scenarios, etc. We would like to hear from institutions that are pleased with their Ed Tech staffing, those who are looking to make a change and those just getting started and looking for more information.
     
    2) Potentially creating a more formal group designed to focus issues surrounding Educational Technology in law schools.

    Room: 
    206
    Time Slot: 
    9am - 10am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Presenter(s): 
    Denise Sharif , Boston College Law School
    Presenter(s): 
    Irene Good, Suffolk University Law School
    Presenter(s): 
    Christie Dickerman, Elon University School of Law
    Presenter(s): 
    Barbara Glennan, California Western School of Law
    Session Video: 
    This text will be replaced

  • The Advantages of using Photography in Marketing Law Schools

    Topics covered will include:

    • Why pictures are an important marketing tool.
    • Marketing using Facebook.
    • Impact of photos on marketing.
    • Visual Methods.
    • Color is an Asset.

     
    Immediately following, will be a question and answer period.

    Room: 
    206
    Time Slot: 
    10:30am - 11:30am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Presenter(s): 
    Melanie Gordon, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden
    Web Session: 
    Web Session: The Advantages of using Photography in Marketing Law Schools

  • Are we going to Lowe's for lunch again? DIY vs PAY

    To build, buy, or be left behind? While it sounds Shakespearean, it doesn't have to be rocket science. Using a common-sense approach, we'll show you what questions to ask yourself when faced with the build or buy decision. It's about more than just software and budgets, and we'll include examples from Mercer of things we've built, things we've bought, and times when we've probably been left behind.

    Room: 
    304
    Time Slot: 
    10:30am - 11:30am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Presenter(s): 
    Jonathan Davis, Mercer University School of Law
    Web Session: 
    Web Session: Are we going to Lowe's for lunch again? DIY vs PAY

  • The UOC’s Practicum Experience: Learning in a Virtual Law Office

    This session will explain our experience in teaching practical aspects of law through the simulation of a virtual law firm where students interact with an attorney. The session will also show and explain how our virtual Practicum classroom works.
     

    Room: 
    207
    Time Slot: 
    9am - 10am
    Day: 
    06/20/2009
    Links: 
    Get to know the UOC
    LANGblog, a new tool for the Practicum
    Presenter(s): 
    Blanca Torrubia, Other Non-member
    Web Session: 
    Web Session: The UOC’s Practicum Experience: Learning in a Virtual Law Office
Syndicate content