Author Archives: Elmer Masters

About Elmer Masters

Elmer R. Masters is the Director of Technology at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (www.cali.org) where he works on interesting projects involving technology and legal education like eLangdell, Classcaster, Lawbooks, QuizWright, and the CALI website. He has over 30 years of experience building tech tools for legal education and systems for accessing law and legal materials on the Internet. He is the admin of the Teknoids mailing list (www.teknoids.net) and has been blogging about legal education, law, and technology for over 20 years (www.symphora.com). He has a JD from Syracuse University College of Law and was employed by Syracuse, Cornell Law School, and Emory University School of Law before joining CALI in 2003. Elmer has presented at the CALI Conference for Law School Computing (where he organizes the program), the AALL and AALS Annual Meetings, Law Via The Internet, and other conferences, symposia, and workshops on topics ranging from IT management in law schools to building open access court reporting systems to information architecture design and implementation in law.

Why does it pay to repair your student?s laptops for free (and how can you afford to do it)?

Audience: Help DeskTechnical Level: Kinda Techie The University of Missouri / Kansas City School of Law has developed a unique program to assist students with their laptop computer needs. The UMKC School of Law does not require our students to … Continue reading

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Podcasting and Blogging for Legal Education

Audience: AnyoneTechnical Level: Low to Medium So your faculty are interested in podcasting. You can hand them a personal digial recorder and point them to CALI’s FAQs or create a local infrastructure of support. Elmer single-handedly recorded over 200 hours … Continue reading

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Automated Media

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Caffeinated Podcasting/Classclaster/Streaming Media Everyone is familiar with the technology. Want to provide it now, and do so in an automated way? Come listen and see what Rutgers is doing to provide a truly robust automated solution. Tom … Continue reading

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Law Students Write About Law Libraries

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Based on my recently published article, this session will give an overview of what law students are writing in their web logs about law libraries. The article can be found at: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/newsletter/25_2/Blawgs.htm I will present the … Continue reading

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Faculty Engagement /Technology Adoption: Round table discussion

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Presentation Powerpoint: Faculty_Rewards.pptBook References: references.pdf Law School’s employ faculty for the primary roles of: teaching, researching, and producing publications. However in addition to these responsibilities it is clear faculty are expected to participate in committees, advise … Continue reading

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Aspen Studyware

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low Laptops are everywhere in law school, but until now there has been no software that specifically does what law students do. Aspen Studyware is workflow software designed by a law student for every part of law … Continue reading

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Mixing It Up with Forensic Science, Technology & Law: The National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law

Audience: CSI FansTechnical Level: Low This presentation will showcase the work of the National Clearinghouse for Science Technology and the Law at Stetson University College of Law (NCSTL). In 1999, the National Institute of Justice reviewed the status and needs … Continue reading

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Vegas, Final Cut, Adobe Premiere and Motion- Review of consumer video editing software

Audience: AnyoneTechnical Level: Medium Barbara Ginsburg and Glen McBeth from Washburn University School of Law will give a hands-on demonstration of video techniques and common video editing software. These are commonly used for creating instructional videos. Powerpoint Slides Media Files … Continue reading

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Legal Writing and Research Library Workshop Modules: Teaching Legal Bibliography Using Instructional Technology in Innovative Ways

Audience: AnyoneTechnical Level: Low Each year, the Legal Writing and Research faculty at Wayne State University Law School, a staff of five, introduce 200-250 students to the process of legal research and writing. The law librarians at the Arthur Neef … Continue reading

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Into the Future with Classroom Technology

Audience: AllTechnical Level: Low with some Medium Our goal is to examine what is possible with classroom technology. What would an ideal classroom look like today? or 5 years from today? Classroom technology can be done on the cheap, but … Continue reading

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