Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
- Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
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.
CALI publishes 675 (as of 2007) 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$5000 per year for US law schools and US$250 per year for law firms, paralegal programs, undergraduate departments, government agencies and individuals.
History
*1970's - 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).
External links
* [http://www.cali.org CALI's website]
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