Slides from the 2024 CALI Membership Meeting and John Mayer/Executive Director Report

1. 2024
Annual Members
Meeting

2. Agenda
 Call to order – Steve Johnson, President,
CALI Board of Directors
 Election of new Board Members
 Executive Director’s Annual Report
 Adjourn
 CALI Staff

3. Slate
Returning:
Greg Brandes
Amy Emerson
Kristina L. Niedringhaus
Fran Ortiz
Carla Wade
Maria Pabon
ELECTION
If you are the CALI Rep
www.cali.org/election

4. 2024 Election
Lizann Eisen Rogovoy
Dean Camile Davidson
With Much Appreciation

5. Agenda
 Call to order
 Election of new Board Members
 Executive Director’s Annual Report
 Adjourn
 Q & A With CALI Staff

6. Legal Education’s
Polycrisis
… and …
CALI

7. Legal Education’s
Polycrisis
… and …
CALI

8. Legal Education’s Polycrisis
… and … CALI

9. Legal Education’s Polycrisis
… and … CALI
• Declining undergrad
enrollments
• Tech competency / AI

10. Legal Education’s Polycrisis
… and … CALI
• Declining undergrad
enrollments
• Tech competency / AI
How lawyers practice
How law students learn
How law schools teach
How new lawyers are vetted
How courts operate
How clients find/use legal
information, lawyers & courts

12. … fact scenario and may include some legal
resources (e.g., excerpts of statutes or judicial
opinions) and/or supplemental documents (e.g., a
police report or excerpt from a deposition) and
include a mixture of multiple-choice and short-
answer questions.

13. … demonstrate their ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in
realistic situations, completing tasks that a beginning lawyer
should be able to accomplish. These tasks may feature areas of
doctrinal law, with accompanying legal resources

14. Legal Education’s Polycrisis
… and … CALI
• Declining undergrad
enrollments
• Tech competency / AI
How lawyers practice
How law students learn
How law schools teach
How new lawyers are vetted
How courts operate
How clients find/use legal
information, lawyers & courts

16. No code authoring
Instant publishing
Scoring
… and …

17. … and Branching

18. … and Formative Assessment

19. … and Video

21. New UI design
Complex branching
Interactive Video (CYOA)

22. Different UI
Complex branching
Interactive Video (CYOA)
… demonstrate their ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in
realistic situations, completing tasks that a beginning lawyer
should be able to accomplish. These tasks may feature areas of
doctrinal law, with accompanying legal resources

24. Multi-year effort
Engage with 100s
perhaps 1000s of
Law Faculty

25. Learning the Law
=
Teaching to Practice
=
Teach to what the Bar Exam tests?

26. AI?

27. AI?
… fact scenario and may include some legal
resources (e.g., excerpts of statutes or judicial
opinions) and/or supplemental documents (e.g., a
police report or excerpt from a deposition) and
include a mixture of multiple-choice and short-
answer questions.

28. AI?
- Narrow / Targeted
- First Draft Content
Generation
- Automated Formative
Assessment
- Content as Tutor

29. Quick Stats from 2023

30. Quick Stats from 2023
36,947 eLangdell Downloads
35,013/2022 .. 30,607/2021
493,974 Lesson Runs
537,058/2022 .. 581,923/2021
37,092 New Registrations
36,742/2022 .. 29,138/2021
from LessonLinks
178,330

31. New Lessons
Electronic Transactions Under the 2022 UCC
Amendments (CON85)
Understanding the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act (UETA) (CON86)
Introduction to Texas Rules of Form (the
"Greenbook") (LR168)
International Patent Law Research (LR170)
Value and Rights in the Collateral:
Discussions in Secured Transactions
(CT1_10P)

32. New Lessons
Electronic Transactions Under the 2022 UCC
Amendments (CON85)
Understanding the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act (UETA) (CON86)
Introduction to Texas Rules of Form (the
"Greenbook") (LR168)
International Patent Law Research (LR170)
Value and Rights in the Collateral:
Discussions in Secured Transactions
(CT1_10P)
LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS II
Policy-Based Analysis (LSS62)
Study Scheduling for the Evening, Weekend, or Part-
Time J.D. Student (LSS63)
Advanced Reading for Law School (LSS59)
Analysis 3: Using Your Facts (LSS58)
Primary v. Secondary Sources: Why Is Reading Case
So Hard? (LSS60)
Cases & Outlining: The Basics (LSS40)
Got a Question? Tips on How to Talk to Your Profess
(LSS51)
www.cali.org/lessons_new

33. New Lessons
Electronic Transactions Under the 2022 UCC
Amendments (CON85)
Understanding the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act (UETA) (CON86)
Introduction to Texas Rules of Form (the
"Greenbook") (LR168)
International Patent Law Research (LR170)
Value and Rights in the Collateral:
Discussions in Secured Transactions
(CT1_10P)
LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS II
Policy-Based Analysis (LSS62)
Study Scheduling for the Evening, Weekend, or Part-
Time J.D. Student (LSS63)
Advanced Reading for Law School (LSS59)
Analysis 3: Using Your Facts (LSS58)
Primary v. Secondary Sources: Why Is Reading Case
So Hard? (LSS60)
Cases & Outlining: The Basics (LSS40)
Got a Question? Tips on How to Talk to Your Profess
(LSS51)

34. New Podcasts
Competitiveness (LSS65P)
Practice Makes Prepared: (LSS64P)
IRAC: There Is No Better Way! (LSS57P)
Law School Myths (LSS55P)
Setting Realistic Expectations in Law School (LSS56P)
Why Outlining Should Be Called Synthesizing (LSS53P)
www.cali.org/podcasts

35. Revised for Fall 2023
Sources of American Law: An Introduction to Legal Research, by Beau
Steenken and Tina Brooks (Seventh Edition)
Sales and Leases: A Problem-based Approach, by Scott J. Burnham
and Kristen Juras (Second Edition)
Basic Income Tax, by William Kratzke (2023-2024 Edition)
New for Fall 2023
Legal Writing Handbook for Clinical Students, by Nan Haynes (includes
online interactive exercises)
Revised for Spring 2024
Corporate Tax, by William Kratzke (2023-2024 Edition)
Wetlands Law: A Course Source, by Stephen M. Johnson (Fifth Edition)
Revised Titles Coming in Summer 2024
Bankruptcy Law and Practice, by Gregory Germain (Fifth Edition)

36. New Titles Coming in Summer 2024
Statutory Law: A Course Source, by Stephen M. Johnson
Constitutional Law: Individual Rights, by Jud Campbell
Contract Doctrine, Theory & Practice, by J.H. Verkerke (2020
Edition) (will include videos)
New Titles Coming in Fall 2024
Legal Argumentation: Reading and Writing about the Law,
by Brian Larson, et. al.
Social Media Law, by Thaddeus Hoffmeister (will
include interactive questions)
Constitutional Law: Individual Rights, by Steven Schwinn
(will include interactive questions)

37. New Titles Coming in Spring 2025
Constitutional Law: Structure and Governance, by
Steven Schwinn (will include interactive questions)
Copyright Law, by Christopher Holman (will include
interactive questions)
Business Legal Research, by Nicholas Norton (will
include interactive questions)
New Titles Coming in Summer 2025
Handbook on Motion Practice, by Nan Haynes and
Katrin Rowan (will include interactive questions)

38. New and Revised Titles for 2022-2023
Criminal Procedure - revised for fall 2022 - Criminal Procedure: A Free Law School Casebook, Professors
Ben Trachtenberg & Anne Alexander
Criminal Law - New - Criminal Law: An integrated Approach: Professor Alice Ristroph - Fall 2022
(includes interactive h5p questions)
First Gen - New - A First Generation's Guide to Law School: Professor Melissa Hale
Legal Research - revised for fall 2022 - Sources of American Law: An Introduction to Legal Research,
Professors Beau Steenken & Tina Brooks
Tax Law - revised for spring 2023 - U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2023, Professor Deborah
Geier
Tax Law - revised for spring 2023 - Corporate Tax 2023 - Professor William Kratzke
Tax Law - revised for fall 2022 - Basic Income Tax 2022 - Professor William Kratzke
Tort Law - revised for fall 2022 - Tort Law: A 21st Century Approach, Professor Zahr K. Said (the book
includes h5p interactive questions)
Tort Law - revised for fall 2022 - Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions (6th Ed.), Professors Karen Tani &
John Fabian Witt
Tort Law - revised for spring 2023 - Torts and Regulation: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, Third Edition
(TRCPI), Professor John Fabian Witt

39. Usage Highlights
 Lesson Runs – Pandemic Patterns
 A2J Author Runs > 700,000 (highest ever)
 eBook Downloads > 28,000
 LessonLinks
 Registered Users Running Lessons
www.cali.org/elangdell/become-author

40. Usage Highlights
 Lesson Runs – Pandemic Patterns
 A2J Author Runs > 700,000 (highest ever)
 eBook Downloads > 28,000
 LessonLinks
 Registered Users Running Lessons

41. Usage Highlights
 Lesson Runs – Pandemic Patterns
 A2J Author Runs > 700,000 (highest ever)
 eBook Downloads > 28,000
 LessonLinks
 Registered Users Running Lessons
36,947 eLangdell Downloads
35,013/2022 .. 30,607/2021
At $100/book … 36,947 = $3.6M

42. Usage Highlights
 Lesson Runs – Pandemic Patterns
 A2J Author Runs > 700,000 (highest ever)
 eBook Downloads > 28,000
 LessonLinks
 Registered Users Running Lessons
36,947 eLangdell Downloads
35,013/2022 .. 30,607/2021
At $100/book … 36,947 = $3.6M

43. UsageA Author.org
 ~ 7 Million over 10 years
 Document Automation is a great learning tool
 Document Automation has high return on
investment

46. jessica@cali.org
- Guest lecture relevant to many law
school courses
- Train and Support student projects
- Self-paced projects available at
www.a2jauthor.org

47. 2024.calicon.org/

48. $249 / $149 before 5/17
2024.calicon.org/

49. President, CALI Board
Steve Johnson
Mercer
VP, CALI Board
Amy Emerson
Villanova
Treasurer
Dean Larry
Cunningham
Charleston
Secretary
Maria Florencia
Cornu Laport
St. Thomas

51. 2024 Board Strategic Planning
 Succession Planning
 Impact of the Next Gen Bar / CALI-Author
 AI and CALI Opportunities
 CALI and Access to Justice (A2J)
 Market Dynamics and Future Prospects ($$$)
 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)

55. Interested in
working for CALI?
jmayer@cali.org

56. 2024
Annual Members
Meeting

57. Agenda
 Call to order
 Election of new Board Members
 Executive Director’s Annual Report
 Adjourn
 Q & A With CALI Staff

58. Agenda
 Call to order
 Election of new Board Members
 Executive Director’s Annual Report
 Adjourn
 Q & A With CALI Staff