The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
Date: Wednesday, January 27th
Time: 1PM Eastern
Format: WebEx WebinarTopics:
- Distance Learning Track at CALIcon 2017
- Introduction to CALI’s LessonLive Service/Tool
- Online Module Showcase: Ginger Hunt, University of Arizona (each month we will ask a WGDLLE member to showcase a blended, hybrid or online learning module)
Source: Working Group for Distance Learning in Legal Ed – WGDLLE Meetup – Online – 1pm EST January 27, 2017
Matterwiki – A simple and beautiful wiki for teams http://matterwiki.com/
Kdenlive 16.12.1 released with Windows version | Kdenlive https://kdenlive.org/2017/01/kdenlive-16-12-1-released-with-windows-version
Alone among California’s branches of government, the state’s appellate courts remain stuck in a pattern of legal publication designed around books. Other states now furnish unrestricted digital access to final, official, citable versions of their judicial precedent. California does not. The current “official reports” publication contract with LexisNexis runs until June 2017. At that point the state’s judicial branch could do the same. There are compelling reasons why it should.
Source: 2017 – The Year to Free California’s Case Law “for Publication by Any Person” « Citing Legally
I banned screens, and it improved students’ engagement and their understanding of the material.
Source: Leave Your Laptops at the Door to My Classroom – The New York Times
Just in time for some lively discussions at AALS 2017 this op-ed is authored by a Pace Law prof.
It’s the difference between searching Google for “weather right now” or “Chinese restaurants”, and “I’m being evicted, what are my rights?”. The first two queries reliably provide accurate information about current weather conditions and nearby Chinese restaurants for most people. But the top result for someone trying to avoid eviction is a website from the UK, even for searches made from the US. At best, this information from another jurisdiction isn’t very helpful. At worst, it might mislead someone on the edge of eviction into a false sense of security if the UK offers greater protections for tenants than wherever they live.
Source: Open Law Library – Why isn’t there a Google for the law?
A very good question of course and one that many have been trying to answer since before there was a Google. I’ve been a bit out of the loop for a couple of years so I probably missed the launch of the Open Law Library. Looks like an interesting approach. Anyone out there have more info to share?