Teaching Contracts in the Digital Age / International Conference on Contracts

Teaching Contracts in the Digital Age

John Mayer

Executive Director

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction/CALI

www.cali.org

[email protected]

http://www.cali.org/

John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]

1. Casebook disruption2. Classroom innovation3. Meta Contracts


John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]



FamiliarPermanentGood UI ElementsWorked for 100 Years


ExpensivePermanentHeavyInflexibleSingle UILong Publishing Cycle


ExpensivePermanentHeavyInflexibleSingle UILong Publishing Cycle

(can be) Less ExpensivePermanent as an OptionLightFlexibleRemix-ableMultiple UIMultiple Devices/BYODShorter Publishing Cycle

http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/

http://semaphorepress.com/

Future of Casebooks?

Future of Casebooks?

Future of Casebooks?Course Materials

John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]



• ebooks / OER• Flipped Classrooms• MOOCs / Distance Learning• BYOD / Mobile• Learning Analytics• Gamification / Badges

http://edubloggery.com/biggest-edtech-trends/





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching

http://thefirstyear.org

http://legaledweb.com/

http://www.cali.org





http://www.cali.org/lessonlink

http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2013/08/08/why-formative-assessment-is-essential-in-legal-education/

http://www.swlaw.edu/pdfs/jle/jle613sargent.pdf

John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]



http://www.contractstandards.com/

http://shakelaw.com

http://contractexpress.com

http://contractexpress.com

http://www.directlaw.com/

http://www.americanbar.org/publications/gp_solo/2012/september_october/law_a_la_carte_case_unbundling_legal_services.html

John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]



Teaching Contracts in the Digital Age

John Mayer

Executive Director


www.cali.org

[email protected]


eLangdell Press – http://elandell.cali.org

Harvard’s H20 Project - http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/

Semaphore Press - http://semaphorepress.com/

Forbes article- Self-publishing a legal casebook: a success story - http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/09/18/self-publishing-a-legal-casebook-an-ebook-success-story/

Edubloggery – 10 biggest ed tech trends of 2013 / 2014 - http://edubloggery.com/biggest-edtech-trends/

Wikipedia – Flipped Classroom - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching

Utah’s 1L video project - http://thefirstyear.org

Michelle Pistones flipped classroom videos – http://legaledweb.com

CALI website – http://www.cali.org

http://elandell.cali.org/

http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/

http://semaphorepress.com/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/09/18/self-publishing-a-legal-casebook-an-ebook-success-story/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/09/18/self-publishing-a-legal-casebook-an-ebook-success-story/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching

http://thefirstyear.org/

http://legaledweb.com/

Albany blog article on Formative Assessment - http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2013/08/08/why-formative-assessment-is-essential-in-legal-education/

Article – Empirical Evidence that formative assessments improve final grades - http://www.swlaw.edu/pdfs/jle/jle613sargent.pdf

Kingsley Martin’s Contract Standards - http://www.contractstandards.com/

Shake Law – http://www.shakelaw.com

Contract Express Document Assembly software website - http://contractexpress.com

DirectLaw Virtual Law Practice - http://www.directlaw.com/

Law a la carte – the case for unbundled legal services - www.americanbar.org/publications/gp_solo/2012/september_october/law_a_la_carte_case_unbundling_legal_services.html

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Teaching Contracts in the Digital Age / International Conference on Contracts