Berkman Center, CALI Announce New Partnership to Create a Legal Education Commons

At the 17th annual CALI Conference on Law School Computing, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the non-profit Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) proudly announced a new partnership to stimulate innovation in American law schools through a new educational resource sharing platform. This work will be perpetuated by the establishment of the CALI-Berkman Research Fellowship. "We are looking forward to renewing a fruitful relationship with Harvard Law School through the Legal Education Commons project, which will provide innovative tools and access to open-licensed course materials to our more than 200 member law schools," said CALI Executive Director John Mayer. The partnership will establish the Legal Education Commons - known as eLangdell for Harvard Law School's first Dean and the Law Library's namesake, Dean Christopher Columbus Langdell - where law faculty can share and use openly-licensed course materials to offer students free or low-cost course packs, casebooks, podcasts and video. Berkman and CALI will also research and develop innovative teaching tools to advance practice skills like client interaction, negotiations, and trial advocacy.

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