Schedule

Here is the conference schedule. (Agenda subject to change)

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 2, 2021 - ALL TIMES IN CDT/CHICAGO 

Conference Opening 

• 1:00 PM - Welcome, Opening Remarks & Housekeeping - John Mayer / Executive Director / CALI
• 1:10 PM - Greeting Remarks - Dean Anita Krug / Chicago-Kent College of Law
• 1:15 PM - Opening Keynote - Michael Wesch / Kansas State University
  • What Professors can learn from YouTubers for Creating Engaging Online Courses

Break #1 + Sponsor Sessions

• 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM - Break #1 – eat a snack from your Happy Fun Time Schwag Box
• 2:10 PM - 2:20 PM - PowerNotes - Wilson Tsu / President & Kyle Zegarac / Director, Business Development
• 2:25 PM - 2:35 PM - National Society for Legal Technology - Douglas Lusk / President
• 2:40 PM - 2:50 PM - Extergity (Exam4) - Greg Sarab / CEO
• 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM - Break - Eat another snack 

3:00 pm TO 4:00 pm Sessions 

• Hybrid Learning for a Hybrid Practice: Insight on Legal Education from the Unique JD Class of 2020 
  • Mike Murphy /University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
• Zoom Like a Pro
  • Elisabeth Steele Hutchison
• GAME CHANGER TIPS TO HELP YOU SUSTAIN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
  • Patricia Baia, PhD / Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
  • Jason Fiske / UCLA School of Law

Break #2

• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Break #2 

5:00 pm TO 6:00 PM Sessions 

• 2020, THE YEAR OF DISTANCE ED: Moving Online ≠ Increased Tech Competency Instruction
  • Kathleen Brown /Charleston School of Law
  • Jessica de Perio Wittman /UConn Law School

• The Legal Research Institute: Law Library of Congress Educational Offerings in a Time of COVID-19 
  • Barbara Bavis / Law Library of Congress
• The Gratitude-Motivation Connection & How Discussion Boards Can Encourage Both for Your Students 
  • Michelle (Cheli) Hunt / Ohio Northern University College of Law

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THURSDAY JUNE 3, 2021 - all times are cdt/Chicago

12:00 pm TO 12:50 PM Sessions

• Closing the Law School Gap: A Collaborative Effort to Address Educational Inequities Through Free, Asynchronous Tools

  • Steven Foster / Oklahoma City University

  • Allie Robbins / CUNY School of Law

  • Nicole Lefton / Hofstra Law School

  • Melissa Hale Loyola University Chicago School of Law

  • Laura Mott / CUNY Law

Mini-Break

• 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM     Mini-Break 

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM SESSIONS

• Look! New Things on www.cali.org!

  • Elmer Masters / CALI

• Modifying CALI Lessons with the New Web-Based CALI Author Platform
  • Sara Smith / CALI
• Modernizing and improving access to the legal research lessons: 6 months with the CALI Fellows
  • Sally Wise / Univ of Miami School of Law
  • Kristina Niedringhaus / Georgia State University College of Law
  • Tawnya Plumb / University of Wyoming College of Law

Break#3 - Sponsor Sessions

• 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM - Procertas - Joe Colucci /Principal, Co-Founder
• 2:10 PM - 2:20 PM - Justia - Tim Stanley / CEO

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sessions 

• À La Carte Library: Asynchronous Offerings for the Over-Scheduled Law School 

  • Rachel Evans / University of Georgia School of Law

  • Geraldine Kalim / University of Georgia School of Law

  • Jason Tubinis / University of Georgia School of Law

  • Heather J. Simmons /University of Georgia School of Law

  • Amy Taylor / University of Georgia School of Law

  • Stephen Wolfen / University of Georgia School of Law

• How I Took Our Annual Escape Room Virtual 

  • Joy Herr-Cardillo /University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

• Using Digital Escape Rooms in Synchronous or Asynchronous Online Classes

  • Beth Caldwell / Southwestern Law School 

Break #5

• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Break #4

5:00 PM TO 6:00 PM SESSIONS

• New Skills for a Remote World: The Evolution of Instruction to Become Technologically Competent

  • Debbie Ginsberg / Harvard Law School Library

• Practical Magic: Hybrid Education & Beyond

  • Emily Barney / Chicago-Kent School of Law

  • Sejal Vaishnav / Chicago-Kent School of Law

• YACS - Yet Another COVID Strategy: a yack session

  • Hong Kha / Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law

  • David Dickens / Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law

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FRIDAY JUNE 4, 2021 - all times are cdt/chicago

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Sessions 

• Lessons Learned from Teaching an Access to Justice and Technology Course During the Pandemic 

  • Jessica Frank / A2J Author / CALI

  • Alexander Rabanal / Chicago-Kent School of Law

  • Amy Emerson / Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

  • Charles Pipns / University of Baltimore School of Law

• Remote Adjustments to a Law Practice Technology Exercise on Case Management Systems

  • Jacob Sayward / Cornell Law School

• Trial by Wire: Supervising Clinical Law Students in Virtual Courtrooms

  • Serge Martinez / University of New Mexico School of Law

  • Aliza Organick / University of New Mexico School of Law

Break#5 - Sponsor Sessions

• 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM - ChartaCourse - Mark Edwards / President

3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM SESSIONS

• Using Technology to Cultivate Student Voices in Legal Education Pedagogy 

  • Jamie Abrams / University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

• Can LMS Analytics Help Law Schools Demonstrate Compliance with Outcome-Based Assessment of Student Learning Accreditation Rules?

  • Jane Winn / University of Washington School of Law

• Active Learning: Using VR to Train Law Students (With an Introduction by Alexander-the-Cat) 

  • Ann Nowak / Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Break#6

• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Break #6

CLOSING KEYNOTE

• 5:00 PM – Closing Keynote - John Mayer / CALI
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Wrap Up & GiveAways

• 6:00 PM - RAFFLE OF THE NERDS and OPEN ZOOM MEETING - tell us how we did and how to make it better. 
• 6:30 PM - See You Next Year!