CALI Lessons

The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over 800 interactive, computer-based lessons covering 47 legal education subject areas. They are interactive tutorials written by law faculty to supplement traditional law school instruction. The format of the exercises varies according to the authors` objectives. CALI lessons for the following topics are available:

1L - First Year Lesson Topics
Employment DiscriminationProperty Law
2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
Entertainment LawReal Estate Transactions
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Remedies
Animal Law
Evidence
Sales
ArbitrationFamily Law
Securities
Business Associations
Federal Courts
Tax - Basic Federal Income Taxation
Civil Procedure
Games
Tax - Corporate Taxation
Climate Change
Intellectual Property
Tax - Partnership Taxation
Commercial TransactionsInternational LawTax - S Corporation Taxation
Constitutional LawLabor LawTax - Taxation of Business Entities
ContractsLegal Concepts and SkillsTax Law
CopyrightLegal ResearchTorts
CorporationsLegal Research by StateTrademark
Criminal LawLegal WritingTrial Advocacy
Criminal ProcedurePatent Law Wills and Trusts
CyberlawProfessional Responsibility 

There are two ways to access the CALI lessons - pick up a DVD from the Reference Desk, or register online with CALI and download individual lessons. 

Registration Instructions

To get the CALI access code, please login to your Library account, and select the "Passwords to Databases" link.

Go to cali.org and click Create new account.

During the registration process, enter the authorization code where prompted. This is the only time you'll need the authorization code.

Finish the registration process, creating your own CALI username and password in the process.

If you've already registered, but didn't use the correct authorization code, you'll need to update your GUEST account profile to get access to lessons.

  

TO ACCESS CALI LESSONS ON THE INTERNET

  1. Go to www.cali.org
  2. Enter email & password you created at registration
  3. Click on Login
  4. In the main window, select one of the CALI topics, or  use the search box at the top of the screen. and then choose a specific lesson
  5. Click on Run Lesson to start the tutorial.
     
TO ACCESS CALI LESSONS OFFLINE VIA THE CALI DVD [Available at the Reference Desk]

1. Insert DVD

2. Follow on-screen prompts

3. Make sure the box for “Run the lessons” is checked; click Finish

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