2017 calicon17 - future of cali is so bright, you will need sunglasses
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John Mayer
Executive Director
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
www.cali.org
@johnpmayer
TL;DR
LessonLive & QuizWright – like Playright for Quizzes!
A2J Author = decision tree author and there are decision trees all over the law
Elangdell = slowly, slowly changing the default on course materials
Incubators – practice tech = ed tech Staffing up – it’s going to get noisier
+ Clickers
QuizWright
QuizWright
QuizWright
QuizWright
QuizWright- Super fast formative
assessment- Built on top of CALI Author /
LessonLink / Autopublish- Built on top of LessonLive /
LessonPast- …
QuizWright- No software to install- Faculty agency (students too?)- Download data as CSV/Excel- Open source
QuizWright1. Classroom use case
2. Synchronous Distance learning use case
3. Asynchronhous Distancelearning use case
QuizWright- Question banks – consortia
- Questions banks – local
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Essay questions
- Student peer review- Inspired by…
- Harvard/Berkman Rotisserie- CMU Sword/Peerceptiv
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Integration with
casebooks/eLangdell
- Student study groups
- Crowdsourced on topic areas
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Integration with
casebooks/eLangdell
- Student study groups
- Crowdsourced on topic areas- student groups at every law
school?
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Integration with
casebooks/eLangdell
- Student study groups
- Crowdsourced on topic areas- student groups at every law
school? - Gamify this? Leaderboards!!!!
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Integration with
casebooks/eLangdell
- Student study groups
- Crowdsourced on topic areas? (student groups at every law school? Gamify this?)
FUTURE?FUTURE?
QuizWright- Integration with
casebooks/eLangdell
- Student study groups
- Crowdsourced on topic areas- student groups at every law
school? - Gamify this? Leaderboards!!!!
FUTURE?FUTURE?
BIG PICTURE
Formative assessment is a muscle …
… law faculty are on a learning curve
… the tools need to be open and flexible.
BREATHEBREATHE
A2J Guided Interviews on LHI: 2005-2016
3,689,711 runs2,079,410 assemblies
- Captured expertise- Law as code- Policy- Simplified language
(hopefully)
- Heuristics- Legal Education
(SRL=untrained lawyer)
- Checklist
- Captured expertise- Law as code- Policy- Simplified language
(hopefully)
- Heuristics- Legal Education
(SRL=untrained lawyer)
- Checklist
Legal Education
http://a2jclinic.classcaster.net/
Teaching students software requires support – more AND less than you think.
Students have Macs (duh) Coordinating with busy lawyers is hard. Ideal = two projects / two semesters / longer on-
ramp Faculty = Students
Lessons Learned
Simulated A2J Author Projects Closed universe, 2-4 hour “drop in” project Completed exemplar for comparison (i.e.
model answer) Multiple legal subject area examples All the exposure to the problem/process
space Faculty can pick areas of emphasis – ethics,
law, unbundling, practice, tech, etc.
Benefits Calculators
Contract ConstructiomnOnline Intake
Eligibility Check
Pre Court ChecklistsCompliance
Triage
Legal “Health” Checkups
Court Forms
Document Assembly
Am I eligible?
Do I need to file this form?
What are my options?
What if I do/don’t do this?
Can I beat this?
Am I eligible?
Do I need to file this form?
What are my options?
What if I do/don’t do this?
Can I beat this?
Am I eligible?
Do I need to file this form?
What are my options?
What if I do/don’t do this?
Can I beat this?
What about AI?
What about AI?
What about AI?
BIG PICTURE
Word Processors
Spreadsheets
Document Assembly
Case Management Systems
CRM/SEO
Jessica = A2J Project Mgr New Back-End Developer New Coder Hosted Services Partnerships w/Courts & Court Vendors Ability to Explore Legal Ed Partnerships all
over the place
A2J Road Map
BREATHEBREATHE
eLangdell
lawbooks.cali.org
lawbooks.cali.org
A LOT of Innovation
BIG PICTURE
BREATHEBREATHE
Incubators
www.legalmapmaker.com
www.legalmapmaker.com
+ Incubators
Law Practice TechLegal Content
Access to JusticeCivic Tech
Relevant toLegal Education
BIG PICTURE
+ Incubators
- Law practice tech- Access to justice- Unbundling- Virtual law practice- Community building
(esp. online)
BREATHEBREATHE
QuizWrightA2J AuthoreLangdellIncubators
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