CALI information for Cumberland faculty and students

In December of 1997, Cumberland School of Law became a member of CALI: The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction.

Objectives:

According to the CALI website http://www.cali.org/ ,the objectives of CALI are to:

	Coordinate distribution and use of computerized instructional materials
	Support authors in the development of new instructional programs
	Sponsor research for advancing quality and effectiveness of exercises
	Establish standards for hardware, software and courseware
	Support and coordinate the sharing of information relating to computer applications in legal education and law

One way they do this is by distributing the CALI Lessons to member schools. These CALI lessons (which are written for the following Windows and Apple operating systems, consist of over 270 computer-assisted legal education tutorials in 28 subject areas of law.

Lessons:

CALI has changed the password for access to CALI lessons. Please contact Grace Simms or Brenda Jones for instructions.

The CALI Lessons are installed on all 27 of the Law Library Lab computers. Just click on the CALI icon on the lab computer's desktop to start the program.

The CALI Catalog of Lessons is available online at: http://lessons.cali.org/catalog.html.

Here are some examples of the type of lessons available in the CALI Lessons:

	There are 45 lessons under the subject area "Torts"
	There are 52 lessons under the subject area "Property"
	There are 37 lessons under the subject area "Contracts"
	There are 18 lessons under the subject area "Civil Procedure"
	There are 31 lessons under the subject area "Criminal Law"
	There are 30 lessons under the subject area "Legal Research and Writing"
	There are 4 lessons under the subject area "Constitutional Law"
	There are 5 lessons under the subject area "Commercial Transactions"

The CALI Catalog can tell you who wrote the lesson, at which law school they teach, how long it takes to complete the lesson, and a brief description of the lesson.

Copying Lessons:

From the lab computers, you can copy specific lessons to 1.44 MB diskettes to be used on your home computer. To do this, double click on the CALI icon. Once you are in the application, click on the CALI LESSONS link. Then click on the COPY LESSONS link. A window will pop up that lets you choose the lesson you want to copy (make sure the application is set to copy to the A:\ drive - which is the default). Click on the COPY button, and it will tell you how many blank diskettes you need to copy the lesson (and the mini-menu, which is the user interface for the lessons).

You can also download the lessons from the web to your home computer. Using a web browser, go to the CALI homepage at http://www.cali.org. From here, click on the For Law Students button , and then the Run or Download CALI Lessons link. This will take you to the CALI Lessons Catalog page.

Clicking on a topic will take you to a description of each lesson. Notice, under the description of each lesson is a series of up to three icons: Web, Win, or Mac.

	Click on the WEB icon if you want to run the lesson directly from the web page
	Click on the Win button if you want to download the lesson to your Windows 95, 98, or XP computer.
	Click on the Mac button to download the lesson to your MacIntosh computer.

Once you've clicked on one of the buttons, you will be taken to a form to fill out, to grant you access to the file. Follow the instructions below to complete the form:

Step One
Choose school from list: AL - Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Step Two
Enter the school password: (note: since this is now on the web, the password has been removed - the password will be e-mailed to you or put in your Law School mailbox, if you contact Grace Simms - you must be a currently enrolled student or faculty at Cumberland School of Law)
Step Three
Make sure the format for the lesson is correct (Web or Win or Mac)
Step Four
Read and click on the "I Accept" button at the bottom of the license agreement
Step Five
The file you chose to download should be listed. It will also tell you how big the files are and how long to expect the download process to last. You have to download each file separately. What you are downloading is the lesson INSTALL file (which means you have to execute the files in order to install the lessons on your hard drive). Click on the folder icon next to the lesson install file you want to download, and a SAVE AS screen will pop up. Choose the directory you want to download the file into and click the SAVE button.

Running Lessons:

Once the file has been downloaded. Go to the start button, and click on the RUN option. In the RUN box, type in the path to the lesson install file. If you don't know the path, you can find the file by clicking on the BROWSE button. Clicking on the OK button will install the lesson to your hard drive. The installation will place a folder in your Start Menu called CALI.

If you do not want to download the lessons to your computer's hard drive, some of the lessons can be run directly from the web WITHOUT having to download any software.

If you have any questions about CALI or any of the lessons, please contact Grace Simms, Computer Services Librarian at 726-2687 or glsimms@samford.edu. There is also a lot of information about CALI and the lessons on the CALI homepage at http://www.cali.org/.