I am so excited to make this post. Here’s the press release. Cambridge, MA – Today at the 17th annual CALI Conference on Law School Computing, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the non-profit Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) proudly announced a new partnership to stimulate innovation in […]
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What does the new website, Avvo, which rates lawyers and CALI Awards have to do with each other? Read on… A new website, Avvo (shortened "avvocato" which is italian for lawyer) purports to rank lawyers based on objective algorithmic evidence… "…scores are calculated using a mathematical model, all lawyers arejudged by the same standards. The […]
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Techcrunch mentions a new service called Usphere where undergrads can pay $65 to apply to 33 unnamed colleges. The colleges then send acceptances letters (or not) with the costs of tuition that the student would pay. LSAC (Law School Admissions Council and purveyors of the LSAT) has had a service for a long time where […]
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Professor Leiter is conducting a study of law faculty scholarly productivity (methodology here). The goal (or one goal) is… "…what is the most effective and efficient way to measure the scholarly impact of a law faculty…" What if you replace the word "scholarly" with "teaching"? If you have seen this video… …then you can imagine […]
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